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| Edirisinghe, Neville. |
| Many developing countries attempt to assist low-income households to improve their nutritional intake by providing direct or indirect income transfers. The latter are more common and usually take the form of price subsidies on a range of staple foods. Direct transfers, such as issues of food coupons, are not as widely used as price subsidies. In this regard, the case of Sir Lanka is somewhat unusual, for over four decades it followed a policy of subsidizing food prices, and during the late 1970s, this policy was replaced by a direct transfer scheme in the form of food stamp program. An analysis of the former food subsidy scheme of Sri Lanka was the subject matter of IFPRI Research Report 13, The Impact of Public Foodgrain Distribution on food Consumption... |
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Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Sri Lanka; Food Relief; Economic aspects; Government policies. |
| Ano: 1987 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42173 |
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| Desilva, Sanjaya. |
| This paper examines whether sharecroppers and fixed-rent tenants in the rice farms of South Asia are distinguished by their farming skills. The idea that fixed-rent contracts are typically given to relatively skilled tenants dates back to the agricultural (tenancy) ladder hypothesis of Spillman [1919]. The screening models [e.g. Hallagan 1978] that have attempted to formalize this idea assume that landlords do not observe the tenants skill levels. This assumption is restrictive, and has found little support in empirical studies. The principal-agent model proposed in this paper focuses on the differences between time-intensive and skillintensive labor tasks. I show that tenancy contracts are designed to match the provision of these tasks with the owners of... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Land tenancy; Farming skills; Agricultural labor; Sri Lanka; Crop Production/Industries; O13; O17; D23; Q12; Q15. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28401 |
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| Korf, Benedikt. |
| Rural societies in war-affected areas can be described as ’distressed livelihoods’: they experience a dramatic increase in risk and uncertainty. How does this affect land use and agricultural coping strategies of small-scale farm households? This was the key research question of a multi-disciplinary, comparative village study carried out in the war-torn areas of Sri Lanka. The study employed the analytical framework of rural livelihoods promoted by DFID. In addition, theoretical models of risk management were instrumental in illustrating behavioural patterns of households in the war zones. The study shows that changed patterns of mobility are a key response of people to adjust to the risk-prone environment. These strategies place heavy demands on the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Economics; Social sciences war-affected communities; Sri Lanka; Rural livelihoods; Risk management. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.jarts.info/index.php/jarts/article/view/22 |
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| Tisdell, Clement A.; Bandara, Ranjith. |
| Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage (PEO) is a unique captive elephant-based recreation facility in Sri Lanka. Over 35,000 visitors (both local and foreign) visit the PEO per month on average for a variety of reasons. However, little or no attempt has been made to examine their reaction to its activities. This paper reports preliminary findings from two visitor surveys (one local and one foreign) conducted at the PEO to examine the characteristics of visitors, the satisfaction they gained from the visit, their attitudes towards conservation of the elephant, their reactions to the current facilities available at the orphanage, and their opinions and maximum willingness to pay (WTP) to enter the PEO. It is found that, although some variations occurred between the... |
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Palavras-chave: Asian elephant conservation; Tourism; Sri Lanka; Willingness to pay; Environmental Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48963 |
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| Tisdell, Clement A.. |
| After discussing definitions of ecotourism, outlines possible economic and conservational benefits from developing ecotourism or wildlife-based tourism. Identifies possible economic benefits for local communities but also outlines possible economic costs to such communities. Observations are made on the potential of developing ecotourism in the Giant’s Tank/Mannar area. A sufficient market does not always exist for wildlife-based tourism to make it economically viable. Therefore, market analysis should be undertaken before promoting the development of wildlife-based tourism in a locality. A checklist is provided to give some guidance in market appraisal. It is observed that even non-consumptive wildlife-based tourism can have adverse environmental... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Economics; Ecotourism; Local communities; Nature conservation; Sri Lanka; Wildlife-based tourism.; Environmental Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48956 |
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| Birner, Regina. |
| Participatory approaches in natural resource management are increasingly being criticized for their tendency to neglect power relations and conflicts of interests. Negotiation approaches have been proposed as a strategy to overcome such shortcomings. Using the case of negotiations on crop-livestock conflicts in Sri Lanka as an empirical example, this paper proposes to apply the concept of political capital in combination with game theoretical modeling for an analysis of negotiation processes in natural resource management. The model serves to analyze both the incentive structure of the resource users, who are motivated by economic incentives, and the incentive structure of political decision-makers, who are motivated by political interests. The crucial... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Natural resource management; Negotiation; Political capital; Extensive form game; Sri Lanka; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q2. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25859 |
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