Our Vision

To be a leader in defining the norms, processes and policies that identifies the model of human development for Sri Lanka.

 

Our mission

To fulfill the role of a leader and contribute to a just and equitable development process in Sri Lanka, through multi-disciplinary research and a national dialogue on development issues. The principal activity of the Marga Institute is the study and critical evaluation of past and ongoing development processes in Sri Lanka.

 

Who we are

The Marga Institute is an independent non-profit centre for development studies established in 1972 and registered under the Companies Act of Sri Lanka. Over a period three and half decades it has conducted a sustained programme of multi-disciplinary research on issues and problems of development. It has drawn on the three main disciplines in social science economics, sociology and political science- and has developed a framework of analysis incorporating all the important criteria of human development.

 

Our Divisions

1. Development Research and Training (Education). More


2. The Civil Society Forum. More


3. The Documentation Centre and Publications. More

 

Current Projects

  • Policy Dialogues on Development Democracy Peace in the Eastern Province. More
  • Impact of Migrant Remittances on the Economy. More
  • Country Paper on Migration Issues. More
  • Promoting Ethnic Harmony and Peaceful Co Existence. More
  • A Sustainable Model for Intersectoral Collaboration for Health with Equity. More
  • House Hold Study of Poverty. More
  • Issues of equity and access in health care. More
  • Access to Higher Education. More
  • Aging of the Population at a relatively low level of income. More
  • The strategy and pattern of economic growth. More
  • Reduction of Poverty and Inequality. More
  • Labour Migration. More
  • Peace and Reconciliation. More
  • Structures of empowerment and accountability for human development. More
Latest News

The Brookings Institute, Washington DC, USA donated a large collection of books More


Marga Institute library participated at he Colombo International Book Fair (CIBF)More


The World Bank Sri Lanka office in collaboration with Marga Institute organized a discussion More


The Marga Institute and Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka launches “Beauty from the Ashes” Project More


Workshop on Research in Reconciliation and Coexistence- Setting the Agenda More


Inter School Peace Drama Festival More


Seminar on the Towers of Learning More


Reading Room

Negotiating Development in an Evolving Democracy – Lessons from Sri Lanka. (By Godfrey Gunatilleke) More


Equity in Health Care- the Case of Diabetes in Sri Lanka More