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

  • Reducing the gap between precept and practice with regard to religious teachings More
  • Youth Empowerment Project through a school twinning programme More
  • Opinion Survey on National Identity. More
  • Policy Dialogues on Development Democracy Peace in the Eastern Province. More
Upcoming Events

Seminar on "Post-war Accountability and Reconciliation: Redefining Sri Lankan Identity” will be held on 9th February, 2012 at the Marga Auditorium  

Past Events

A Seminar was organized by the Marga Institute on the 21st of July 2011 to review the report of the UN Secretary General’s Panel of Experts on accountability in Sri Lanka PDF Report


The Working paper presented at this seminar by Dr. Godfrey Gunatilleke Truth and Accountability


Certificate in Research Methodology in Social Science More


Course in Statistics in Research with a guide to SPSS 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