
Kanchana WickramasingheGriffith University · Grffith Business School
Kanchana Wickramasinghe
BSc, MEcon
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March 2006 - present
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Assessment of the economy-wide impacts of tourism has increased importance due to the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19. Computable general equilibrium (CGE) approach is a versatile tool for estimating the economy-wide impacts of tourism, as opposed to alternative general equilibrium approaches and partial equilibrium approaches. However, there has...
Formulation of effective policies to enhance the resilience of tourism following the COVID-19 pandemic essentially requires comprehensive empirical information on changes in tourism demand and associated economic costs. The paper makes a novel contribution to tourism literature by employing regionally and temporally disaggregated tourism data and G...
The paper presents a quantitative approach to measure environmental orientation in hotels. It proposes a composite indicator, which consists of five individual indicators, namely environmental records, environment policy, environment management systems, involvement in relevant projects/programmes and receipt of environmental awards and certificatio...
Full article: https://climatenet.blogspot.com/2018/08/index-based-insurance-and-climate.html#more
http://globaldev.blog/blog/climate-insurance-sri-lankan-farmers-potential-and-practicalities
Full article available at: http://www.ips.lk/talkingeconomics/2017/09/27/measuring-sri-lankas-sustainable-tourism-missing-piece-of-the-puzzle/
The full article can be viewed in this link.
http://www.ips.lk/talkingeconomics/2017/06/05/connecting-people-to-nature-a-need-of-the-hour-for-sri-lanka/
As natural disasters have become more recurrent, it is vital that Sri Lanka gears its development initiatives towards a disaster resilient path. Much progress has already been made in regard to disaster risk reduction in Sri Lanka, following the devastation caused by the December 2004 tsunami. However, there are areas still which need policy attent...
Full article: http://www.ips.lk/talkingeconomics/2016/11/22/crop-insurance-is-it-workable-in-sri-lanka/
http://www.ips.lk/talkingeconomics/2016/09/27/making-sri-lankan-tourism-accessible-for-all/
All registered hotels in Sri Lanka should now have a star rating – according to a new regulation, which came into effect recently. Star classifications are primarily aimed at improving the quality of services offered by hotels. The star ratings can also be used as a marketing tool. Official star ratings are one source of information on quality for...
http://www.ips.lk/talkingeconomics/2016/06/29/implementing-green-goals-in-sdgs-in-sri-lanka/
The chapter focuses on prospects for adopting market-based instruments (MBIs) in Sri Lanka and possible challenges. It begins with a review of concepts and practice of MBIs in the broad context of environmental policies. The review also covers emerging ideas of environmental fiscal reforms (EFR) that attract the attention of policy makers on sustai...
http://www.ips.lk/talkingeconomics/2015/05/21/adopting-a-blue-economy-approach-in-sri-lanka/
This paper attempts to assess the receipts of environmental awards and certifications by the hotel sector in the Western Province of Sri Lanka and the factors determining such receipts. The assessment is based on primary data collected from the 94 registered hotels in the Western Province, using a pre-tested structured questionnaire. Key informant...
Environmental management has not received the attention that it deserves in the case of the hotel industry in Sri Lanka although sustainable growth in the industry requires consideration
of such practices. Our study assesses the adoption of good environmental management practices in the Sri Lankan hotel industry, focusing on energy, water, solid wa...
The tourism industry in Sri Lanka has begun to witness a significant revival following the end of the conflict in May 2009. In order to reap the benefits of the tourism industry boom, the government has set targets to attract 2.5 million tourists by 2016. Several initiatives are in place to cater to the increasing demand for hotel accommodation to...
Sri Lanka has witnessed a striking increase in both
the frequency and intensity of natural disasters over the last
few decades. Natural disasters have caused human, physical,
fi nancial and environmental losses and made substantial impacts
on the economy of Sri Lanka. The impacts of natural disasters
are not homogeneous across various segments of t...
Deforestation and forest degradation have become serious environmental issues faced by Sri Lanka. Forest management system of Sri Lanka has been based on 'command and control' approach, which shows a limited involvement of local communities as stakeholders in forest management. It is vital that the society sees the economic benefits of forest conse...
The nexus between the economy and environment consists of a complex web of relationships. Hence, it is a challenge to isolate the individual linkages to assess the specific contribution of the natural environment to the economic performance of a country. The assessment in this chapter focuses the most significant aspects of natural resources which...
Despite the importance of poverty-environment nexus, there is limited empirical work to examine the actual nature of the relationship in the Sri Lankan context. Key questions regarding the interrelationship between the poor and the environment, the outcomes of this relationship on the environment, what impact the environmental outcome has had on th...
Climate change is now increasing – and will further increase in future – both the frequency and intensity of natural disasters in Sri Lanka including cyclones, floods and landslides (MoE 2010). While a number of strategies are necessary to address growth in climaterelated natural disasters, an effective early warning system can play a crucial role...
In this study, two types of aid transfers - boats and houses are examined- that were made to rehabilitate tsunami-affected fishery households in Sri Lanka. The goal is to investigate the distributional impacts of these transfers and the effectiveness of targeting. The study also attempts to quantify the factors underlying the allocation of such ass...
Farmers are in a continuous process of, individually and as community groups, adjusting to the observed variability in climate parameters. Climate shocks are considered by farmers in their decision-making as factors affecting risk and uncertainty, and farmers make their choices so as to minimize such risks. The overall outcome of these individual a...
The study aims to identify the main problems and
issues that demand policy attention in developing forest-based ecotourism in Sri Lanka, to
identify the existing management approaches of forest-based ecotourism, followed by an
evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses, to review policies and legislation relevant to the
development of forest-base...
To estimate the direct financial costs to the Sri Lanka Ministry of Health of treating patients after self-poisoning, particularly from pesticides, in a single district.
Data on staff, drug, laboratory and other inputs for each patient admitted for self-poisoning were prospectively collected over a one-month period from one general hospital (2005)...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the direct financial costs to the Sri Lanka Ministry of Health of treating patients after self-poisoning, particularly from pesticides, in a single district. METHODS: Data on staff, drug, laboratory and other inputs for each patient admitted for self-poisoning were prospectively collected over a one-month period from one gene...
This review of “Disaster Management: Policy and Practice” was conducted over
three months by the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka in collaboration with and financial support
from Oxfam America.1 It is intended to assist the government, NGOs and other stakeholders to improve
disaster management in Sri Lanka. It is just over a year since the...
This paper investigates the impact of international migration on technical efficiency, resource allocation and income from agricultural production of family farming in Albania. The results suggest that migration is used by rural households as a pathway out of agriculture: migration is negatively associated with both labour and non-labour input allo...
"Forest conservation generates significant economic benefits to the society. However, the conservation strategies should pay necessary attention to the resultant socioeconomic aspects. Otherwise, conservation efforts affect the welfare of peripheral communities due to restrictions on their livelihoods. The present paper intends to assess the socio-...
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The climate related events can be either extreme events or slow onset events. In addition there are changes in the usual weather pattern. The frequency and incidence of extreme events have been increasing during the recent decades.
What would be the possible approaches / methodologies for quantifying the influence of climate change on the intensity or frequency of climate related events?
Most of the studies in the literature cover seasonal crops when it comes to index-based insurance. Index-based insurance is also being tested for permanent crops (or non-seasonal crops) such as tea (for instance iin Sri Lanka). Any research based evidence in regard to index-based insurance for permanent crops?
Do you know of any research-based evidence on failures of index based crop insurance due to absence of lack of weather stations? Any experience from countries which have dealt with similar issue successfully?
I am planning to collect field level information on farmer's risk management strategies including crop/weather insurance. What are the best qualitative tools available for this type of studies?
I am trying to assess the demand for selected food items using the LA/AIDS model. There are more than 1.0 food items consumed by the household. I would like to find out how the Stone Price index can be calculated using the stata software.