Centre for Policy Alternatives on 21 August, 2007 CPA organised a conference from 8th to 9th July 2005 on the International Dimensions of the Sri Lankan Peace Process and on the role and impact of the international community in the current peace process. Given that the peace process is ?internationalised?, the conference attempted to widen the debate on how internationalisation could be evaluated […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 21 August, 2007 Land and Property Rights of Internally Displaced Persons This short-term study aims at identifying the main land and property issues currently emerging in the North East and at providing principled and practical recommendations to relevant decision makers to address challenges regarding land and property, resettlement, relocation, rebuilding and restoration of normalcy in the region. Download […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 21 August, 2007 An article on “What is Fiscal Federalism?” by Asanga Welikala, Research Associate (Legal and Constitutional Unit)What is Fiscal Federalism?
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 21 August, 2007 A paper on “Fiscal and Financial Arrangements in a Federal Sri Lanka: Some Issues for Discussion” by Asanga Welikala, Research Associate (Legal and Constitutional Unit)Fiscal and Financial Arrangements in a Federal Sri Lanka: Some Issues for Discussion
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 21 August, 2007 The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) intervened on the question of the scope of the Supreme Court?s consultative jurisdiction under Article 129 of the Constitution. The question arose in the case of the President’s reference to the court regarding the Inland Revenue Act No. 10 of 2003 (The Tax Amnesty Reference). Written submissions tendered to […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 21 August, 2007 Mandate, Process and an Interim Constitution as Modus Vivendi is an article by Asanga Welikala, Research Associate, Legal & Constitutional Unit, on the recent debate on the abolition of the executive presidency and the extra-constitutional modalities for constitutional change. The article first appeared in the author?s column in the Daily Mirror newspaper of 6th and […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 21 August, 2007 Memorandum submitted by the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) to the Task Force on Rebuilding the Nation (TAFREN). An Executive Summary of the Memorandum and a summary of CPA recommendations are also available. The Report on the workshop held on 20th January 2005 entitled ?Post-Tsunami Reconstruction of Sri Lanka: Structures and Processes?.Memorandum to the Task […]