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Sri Lanka
Barriers to Women in Business
The UN estimates that the Asia-Pacific economy would earn $89 billion every year if women were able to achieve their full economic potential. Economically empowering women builds better educated, healthier...
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Batticaloa: Rebuilding in Sri Lanka Takes Shape
The Asia Foundation has played a key role in Sri Lanka’s post-war recovery by focusing efforts in some of the hardest hit areas of the Northern and Eastern Provinces. Since the war in the East ended before...
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South Asia Women Parliamentarians Take Lead
In July 2012 the South Asia Women Parliamentarians Conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, attracted 130 MPs from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere. Women gathered with a goal of...
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The Lotus Circle 2012
The Lotus Circle is a community of committed individuals working together to empower girls and women across Asia through The Asia Foundation's Women's Empowerment Program. For more than half a century, The Asia...
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Community Mediation in Sri Lanka
For most Sri Lankans, resolving disputes through the nation's beleaguered formal courts is not an option. Despite efforts to improve efficiency, courts are weighed down by excessive case loads and limited...
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Books for Asia Event Honors Publishers and Supporters in New York
On March 29, 2012, The Asia Foundation's Books for Asia honored its partners at The Power of a Book reception in New York. Publishers, donors, Asian government representatives, and executives from the...
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The Power of a Book in Sri Lanka
As Sri Lanka emerges from a decades-long civil war, employment opportunities are rapidly shifting from the public to the private and technology sectors, where speaking English is required. But, for many Sri...
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Sri Lanka in Focus: Navam Perahera
The sights and sounds of the 2012 Navam Perahera in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Visit to Sri Rahula Vidyalaya School, Panadura, Sri Lanka
Learning English has emerged as a key element in efforts to overcome divisions and economic hardships, and to foster inclusive growth and stability in Sri Lanka, a country emerging from a bloody, 30-year civil...
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From Batticaloa: Full-fledged community efforts to spark growth in the East
Now almost three years since the end of the war, Colombo is shedding its image as Sri Lanka's charming but dilapidated capital. Bursting with new energy and growth, major investments and physical improvements...
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From Vavuniya: Entrepreneurs put public concerns on the table in the North
Now almost three years since the end of the war, Colombo is shedding its image as Sri Lanka's charming but dilapidated capital. Bursting with new energy and growth, major investments and physical improvements...
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From Jaffna, an Exclusive: Damaged ancient city survives and recovers
Now almost three years since the end of the war, Colombo is shedding its image as Sri Lanka's charming but dilapidated capital. Bursting with new energy and growth, major investments and physical improvements...
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Consolidating Peace in Sri Lanka
Now almost three years since the end of the war, Colombo is shedding its image as Sri Lanka's charming but dilapidated capital. Bursting with new energy and growth, major investments and physical improvements...
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Sources of Violent Conflict in Asia: The Struggle Over Identity
As part of its Asian Perspective Series, on July 12, 2011 The Asia Foundation presented a seminar on subnational conflict in South And Southeast Asia. Featuring case studies on southern Thailand and Sri Lanka,...
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Innovations in Strengthening Local Economic Governance in Asia
On May 25, 2011, The Asia Foundation released a new book: Innovations in Strengthening Local Economic Governance in Asia. The Asia Foundation's approach to economic reform in Asia utilizes a range of distinctive...
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Asia's Fragile Corners
Conflict and fragile governance present enormous challenges for development and security in Asia. In places where violence is widespread and government ceases to function, the pace of development falls...
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Sri Lanka: Post-Civil War Police Reform and Public Security
The bloody, 25-year armed conflict in Sri Lanka is over, but in small, hardscrabble towns like Pussellawa – a high-altitude hamlet in central Sri Lanka – a legacy of rigid, aggressive, inherited...
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Books for Asia Celebrates International Literacy Day Across Asia
In celebration of International Literacy Day 2011, The Asia Foundation's Books for Asia program held events across Asia, including a book stamping in Afghanistan; drawing and reading competitions and student...
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Empowering the Women of Asia
In recent decades, Asia has experienced transformative economic growth and reform, and women have made significant advances in gender equity, political participation, and personal security. The Philippines ranks...
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Economic Governance Index
The Asia Foundation surveys local government regulations across a single country, and assesses their impact on local business growth.
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Restoring Harmony - Sri Lanka's Community Mediation Boards
The Asia Foundation aims to improve access to justice by making legal and administrative institutions more responsive to citizens' needs and interests, while at the same time developing the capacity of...
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Local Partnerships, Global Vision: The Asia Foundation's Strategy in Sri Lanka
Local Partnerships, Global Vision: The Asia Foundation's Strategy in Sri Lanka A short film describing The Asia Foundation's work on environmental issues in Sri Lanka.
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Partnering for Prosperity: The Asia Foundation's Local Economic Governance Program in Sri Lanka
Partnering for Prosperity: The Asia Foundation's Local Economic Governance Program in Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka, poor communication between the public and private sectors is one of the major impediments to economic...
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Sri Lanka in Focus
The sights and sounds of the celebrations surrounding the Buddhist holiday, Vesak, in Sri Lanka.
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