Browsing by Author "Knight-John, Malathy"

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    Effective States and Engaged Societies: The Case of Sri Lanka
    (World Bank, 2005-07) Knight-John, Malathy; Rajapakse, Amrit
    This report is part of an international study by the World Bank titled, “Effective States and Engaged Societies: Capacity Development for Growth, Service Delivery, Empowerment, and Security in Africa.” The objective of the Sri Lanka case study is to examine three areas pertinent to overall capacity of the State – capacity of the public sector, capacity of the private sector and other key stakeholders such as “civil society”, and the role of the country’s international development partners, so as to complement the wider study of the twelve African States.
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    An Investigation of the Replicability of a Microfinance Approach to Extending Telecommunications Access to Marginal Customers
    (LIRNEasia, 2005-12) Knight-John, Malathy; Zainudeen, Ayesha; Khan, Abu-Saeed
    This study is an attempt to examine and document particular sets of solutions that have emerged for the extension of telecommunications access to marginal customers in Bangladesh, under the Grameen Village Phone (VP) program. The study looks at the fundamental problem of access to telecommunications, and focuses on one of the ‘solutions’ that have emerged in response to this problem, in specific that adopted by Grameen of Bangladesh. The solution adopted by Grameen, which has also proven to be an extremely successful business model, stems from the organization’s desires to (a) promote development and poverty alleviation through the use of ICTs and (b) increase telecom access to the rural poor. It is examined closely to establish the factors that have contributed to its success, including the roles of microfinance and infrastructure sharing in the approach. The replicability of the Grameen ‘model’ is then discussed, attempting to answer questions such as how replicable is this model? and if so which parts?
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    Post-Tsunami recovery: lessons from case study 1.5 Sri Lanka
    (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2006) Jayasuriya, Sisira; Steele, Paul; Weerakoon, Dushni; Knight-John, Malathy; Arunatilake, Nisha
    The Tsunami of December 26,2004 left Sri Lanka with over 30,000 people dead al most a million displaced and an estimated 150,000 people lost their primary source of livelihood. There was massive damage to infrastructure and capital asscts; estimated at around US$1 billion (4.5 percent of GDP), particularly in tourism and fisheries sectors. The mediumterm financing needs were estimated to he around US $ 1.5-1.6 billion (7.5 percent of GDP). 2005 GDP by around 0.5-1.0%
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    Regulatory Impact Assessment: A Tool for Improved Regulatory Governance in Sri Lanka?
    (2013-12-06) Knight-John, Malathy
    The specific research and policy questions being explored in this paper deal with the extent to which regulatory impact assessment (RIA), defined broadly as: “…an information-based analytical approach to assess probable costs, consequences, and side effects of planned policy instruments (laws, regulations, etc.)…[and] to evaluate the real costs and consequences of policy instruments after they have been implemented……a means to inform government choices: choices about policy instruments, about the design of a specific instrument, or about the need to change or discontinue an existing instrument.” (Lee, 2002, p.12 citing SIGMA, 2001, p.10), can usefully be employed in the development of practical regulatory reform strategies and in the pursuit of improved regulatory governance practices in Sri Lanka.
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    Study on the Impact of the Economic Service Charge on Authorized Distributors
    (2013-09-06) Rajapakse, Amrit; Knight-John, Malathy
    This Study was commissioned by the All Island Authorized Distributors Chamber of Commerce, having as its general objective to perform an independent study of the impact of the Economic Service Charge (ESC) on authorized distributors, as presently imposed in terms of the Economic Service Charge Act, No. 13 of 2006. The study takes a preliminary view of the actual and potential costs and benefits for the different stakeholders – the Government, distributors, principals and consumers – resulting from the present basis of assessing Economic Service Charge (ESC) on authorised distributors. It reveals that there are several important actual and potential costs for all of the stakeholders. The study then considers the available regulatory alternatives to achieve the objective of the ESC, and evaluates them against the internationally accepted principles of good regulation – efficiency, effectiveness and equity.
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    What type of competition policy and law should a developing country have?
    (2004-01) Adhikari, Ratnakar; Knight-John, Malathy
    This article addresses a crucial policy question-what sort of a competition law and policy should a developing country have? The underlying thesis that we embrace is that the development dimension is key. The article looks at the objectives of competition law and policy across countries, followed by a discussion of key competition policy concerns that have bearing on consumer welfare, economic efficiency and competitiveness of domestic enterprises. It also provides a brief sketch on the contours of competition policy and benchmark for the enactment and effective implementation of competition law from a developing country's perspective. The article also touches upon international competition policy issues to the extent they have a bearing on domestic competition concerns. The analysis that follows, shows that each developing country should have its sui generis competition policy and law -tailored to suit its country-specifie requirements, and that no one size fits all.