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1.
Four Ways The World Is Making Gig Work Fairer
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Gendered Impacts of Heat Stress: Impacts and Policy Responses
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Criminalisation of Poverty in Colombo
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COVID-19, Economic Crisis, and the Erosion of Sri Lanka’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commitments
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Hostile Architecture in Colombo
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New Report – ‘Flexibility and Fairness in Platform Labour: Navigating Gig Work in Colombo’
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Policy Brief: Trade Policy Uncertainty and Impacts on Sri Lankan Exporters
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Policy Brief: ‘Private-Public Collaboration in Tourism Decision-Making in Sri Lanka: Time to Rethink Representation?’
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CSF Survey on Global Trade Uncertainty: Export Impacts and Coping Strategies in Sri Lanka
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Heat Stress in Colombo: Understanding Impacts and Planning for the Future
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Sri Lanka’s Growing Environmental and Policy Crisis in Managing Electronic Waste
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Overhauling Sri Lanka’s Commercial Diplomacy Efforts Can Boost Trade and Investment Prospects
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Sri Lanka Needs A Cautious and Considered Approach to Blue Carbon Financing
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Why Sri Lankan Banks Must Urgently Consider Climate Risks in their Lending
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Researching Blue Financing in the Indo-Pacific: A Scoping Study of South Asia
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Policy Note – Responding to Global Economic Challenges: Eight Priority Trade and Competitiveness Reforms for Sri Lanka
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Recovery Without Relief: How Colombo’s Working Class Poor Stay Afloat
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Casting a Lifeline for Nature: Is a Debt-for-Nature Swap the Catalyst Sri Lanka Needs?
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Publication: Looking Back, Building Forward
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Beyond Aswesuma: Investing in Transformative Social Protection
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Getting the Price Right: Rationalizing Park Entry Fees and the Case of Yala National Park
22.
Precarious Paychecks: The Rise of the Gig Economy in Sri Lanka and its Implications for the Future of Work
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Electricity and Colombo’s Working Class Poor
24.
World Wildlife Day Event – ‘Investing in Conservation, Valuing our Wildlife and Natural Ecosystems’
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Sri Lanka’s New Investment Law in Global Comparison: 7 Key Observations
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Spotting the Problem: Understanding Complexities in Tourism and Nature in Yala National Park
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How Tourism and Nature Interact: Studying Perceptions in Three Sites in Sri Lanka
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Webinar: Debt without development
29.
New Publication: ‘Blue Carbon’ Knowledge Primer
30.
Navigating vendor informality and infrastructure in Colombo
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New Report: ‘Strategic Insights on Corporate Environmental Disclosures in Sri Lanka’
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The Emergence of National Security Considerations in Foreign Investment Regulation
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Sri Lanka’s Private Sector Needs to Rethink ESG
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Is COP29’s Carbon Markets Deal a Climate Lifeline or Coastal Sell-out for Blue Carbon Ecosystems?
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‘Debt and Dugongs’ – CSF Presentation on Debt-for-Nature Swaps and Blue Bonds
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Acronyms and Accountability: Navigating Corporate Environmental Disclosures
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Shaky foundations? Reorienting housing policy for Colombo’s urban poor
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Navigating Food Environments: A Study of households in Colombo and Deniyaya
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Mainstreaming Social Infrastructure in Development
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CSF-BSL Report: Green Finance Maturity Assessment 2024
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Sri Lanka Climate Risks and Impacts: A Research Compendium
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Built on Sand: A Review of Colombo’s Urban Regeneration Project
43.
Prioritising Nature Conservation: A Message for the Next Sri Lankan Parliament
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Financing Biodiversity and Nature Amidst Debt Distress in Sri Lanka
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Nature-linked Sovereign Debt Instruments: 10 Key Considerations for Sri Lanka
46.
EU Green Deal and Implications for Sri Lanka’s Exports
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Re-defining Destination Identities for Sustainable Tourism in Sri Lanka
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Reclaiming Public Space: Who Is It For and Who Is Welcome?
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3 Reasons Why Sri Lanka Should Consider Gender in Climate Finance
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Prioritising Green Jobs in Sri Lanka’s Economic Recovery
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Open Access Materials on CSF’s Work in Conservation Finance
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Falling Through The Cracks: The Impact of Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis on Colombo’s Working Class Poor
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Methodology for Mapping Urban Food Environments
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To What Extent Do Sri Lankan Financial Institutions Integrate Environmental Considerations?
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Algorithms at Work: The Management of Gig Work in Sri Lanka
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Settlements in Colombo: Sustainability of neighbourhoods
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Advancing Green Finance in Sri Lanka: Updates, Prospects, and Challenges
58.
Communicating Crisis
59.
Sustainable Financing for Marine Conservation – Recap of Knowledge Roundtable 3
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Behind the scenes: Colombo Settlements Survey 2023
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Does Colombo have sprawling slums and shanties?
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Are Colombo’s working class poor really ‘underserved’?
63.
How can we re-orient Sri Lanka’s tourism future?
64.
Colombo Settlements Survey 2023
65.
Sustainable Financing for Marine Conservation – Recap of Knowledge Roundtable 2
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Sustainable Financing for Marine Conservation – Recap of Knowledge Roundtable 1
67.
CSF embarks on a new research project on nature and tourism in Sri Lanka
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Quantifying poverty: Can we truly capture its complexity?
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Dissecting the Digital Focus in Sri Lanka’s National Education Policy Framework
70.
Towards a Nature-Positive Economic Recovery in Sri Lanka: An Interview Series
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A research methodology to understand stories of development and displacement in two of Colombo’s markets
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Expanding Green Finance in Sri Lanka’s Financial Services Sector
73.
New Publication: ‘Conservation Trust Funds’ Knowledge Primer
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Applying Innovative Financial Instruments to Marine Conservation in Sri Lanka
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New Publication: ‘Blue Bonds’ Knowledge Primer
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Anchoring meaningful community participation at the heart of nature-based solutions in cities
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Dirty Business: Reading modernity in Colombo’s fish markets
78.
Financing Conservation: Six Mechanisms Sri Lanka Should Know About
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Understanding Power Asymmetries in Platform-based Gig Work
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A New Project on Innovative Financing for Sustainable Marine Conservation in Sri Lanka
81.
Borrowing To Eat: The Impact of Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis on Colombo’s Working Class Poor
82.
Policy-Lab on ‘Integrating Equity and Reframing Urban NbS in South Asian Cities’
83.
Circuits of Semiconductors and Affiliation: a Shallow Dive into the Small-Scale Mobile Phone Repair Sector
84.
Beyond Pomp and Pageantry: Looking at Public Markets as Lived Spaces
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New Platform Initiated for Sri Lankan Young Professionals in Public Policy
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Breaking Point: Impact of Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis on Colombo’s Working Class Poor
87.
Valuing the Catch of the Day: Towards a more Humanised Food Value Chain
88.
New Publication: ‘Debt for Nature Swaps’ Knowledge Primer
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Is Gig Work in Sri Lanka Enabling Female Participation in the Workforce?
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Is Gig Work in Sri Lanka Enabling Female Participation in the Workforce?
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Is Gig Work Really Part-time in Sri Lanka?: Findings from a Survey
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Is Gig Work Really Part-time in Sri Lanka?: Findings from a Survey
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Chasing Efficiency While Leaving the Vulnerable to Their Own Devices
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Opinion: ‘Trimming the Fat’ in Sri Lanka’s Enterprise-support Institutions
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Why Moving Beyond GDP is Essential to Avert Planetary Disaster
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LSE Event on ‘Looking Ahead in Sri Lanka’: Four Priorities for the Near-term
97.
How Can Sri Lanka Improve Gender Considerations in its Trade Agreements?
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New Working Paper Released: ‘Sri Lanka – Singapore FTA Four Years On’
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Food for Thought: Rethinking Home Gardening and Subsistence Agriculture
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Are Marine Conservation and Sri Lanka’s Maritime Hub Ambitions Compatible?
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Is Economic Valuation of Biodiversity Necessary for Successful Conservation?
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Debt or Disconnection: Prioritising Energy Justice in Economic Recovery
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Changing How We Think About Economic Growth and Nature
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Sri Lanka Must Use GSP Plus for Smarter Positioning on Sustainability
105.
Sri Lanka: Anatomy of a Crisis and the Path Ahead
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Debt or Disconnection: CEB’s Tariff Hikes and the Urban Poor
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Impact of Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis on the Exports Sector
108.
Should Civil Service Reform and Public Finance Reform Go Together?
109.
Austerity and Vulnerability: Better Solutions to Support the Poor During Economic Crises
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New Working Paper Released: ‘Governance of Digital Technologies in South Asia’
111.
From Bad to Worse: Understanding and Supporting Colombo’s Urban Poor Families in Crisis
112.
Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis is Hurting Education and Students’ Future Prospects
113.
Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis is Hurting Education and Students’ Future Prospects
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Sri Lanka needs a ‘sensible’ fiscal adjustment plan – CSF Co-Founder
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Sri Lanka’s political turmoil risks derailing the economy further
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Credit lines would provide temporary respite but sustainable solutions needed
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Making Sri Lanka’s Technology Transition More Inclusive
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Budget Makers for the Country Must Listen to the Budget Makers of the Home
119.
Housing in a Pandemic: Need for New Methods of Engagement
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Attracting Good FDI Starts with Designing Good Incentives Regimes
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Solving SME Development Challenges: Looking Beyond Easy Loan Schemes
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Shift to Organic Agriculture Must be Staged and Strategic
123.
Involuntary Resettlement in Sri Lanka – Urgent Need for Reform
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GLOBAL VOICES: Interview with Leonora Milan, Mexico’s Leading Young Science Communicator
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SIGNALS OF CHANGE: Three Emerging Post-Covid Trends for Sri Lanka’s Apparel Sector
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Fiscal Constraints Amidst COVID-19: Sri Lanka on Red Notice for Tax Reform
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Refreshing Growth in Sri Lanka’s Provinces: Changing the Narrative
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SIGNALS OF CHANGE: Can Blockchain Solve Trade Finance Bottlenecks?