One of the most challenging problems in developing countries such as Sri Lanka is exchange rate management. This study is assessing to identify the factors that influence the exchange rate of Sri Lankan money and nature ...

This paper studies the factors that influence the poverty level of households in Thenmaradchy division of Jaffna district. Thenmaradchy area is highly affected by war. Most of the people in this area lost their houses and ...

This study examines the technical efficiency of onion production in Jaffna district. Among the crops cultivated in this district, onion is an important cash crop and has tremendous potential to improve the economy of this ...

The purpose of this survey was to assess and determine consumers' perceptions of food safety and their attitudes toward use of pesticides in the production of pesticide low fresh cabbage. Vegetable plays important roles ...

This study is to identify the determinants of fuel choice for cooking in the households of the Valikamam area of Jaffna District. The Valikamam area of the Jaffna District was purposively selected for this study because ...

This paper studies various monetary transmission channels in Sri Lanka to identify the more effective transmission mechanism and the policy rate that signals changes in monetary policy more effectively. The standard recursive ...

In Sri Lanka, onion is one of the high value minor food crops. Each family spends nearly 1.8 % of their monthly income on onions. Up to the recent past cultivation of red onions was confined to the Jaffna district. Because ...

This paper examines the economic effects of milk powder imports on domestic milk industry and consumers’ welfare. Domestic milk production fullfilled around 40% of the demand in 2016. The generalized inverse demand system ...

This study investigates the farm household’s willingness to pay for sustainable soil fertility management attributes and find the socioeconomic and demographic factors that influence the soil fertility management in red ...

This paper studies the impact of vocational education and training (VET) on the probability of getting job. 4562 individuals who were randomly selected for annual labor force survey were included in this study. Nearest- ...