Reduction of Poverty and Inequality.

Poverty has been declining while various forms of human deprivation in addition to and other than income poverty persist. Economic development is concentrated in the Western urbanized coastal belt and consequently the regional disparities are of a high order.

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


Certificate in Research Methodology in Social Science More


Course in Statistics in Research with a guide to SPSS More


Development Resource Facility/Depository Library at Marga Institute More


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


Beauty from the Ashes Project More


Youth Empowerment 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


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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