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Sri Lanka Care Economies in Context Team Biography
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The Care Economies in Context Sri Lanka team is made up of researchers and students, with extensive links with the policy sector and field activists. To view the biographies, click here
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Dileni Gunewardena and the Study of Care Economy
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In a video, Dileni Gunewardena, Professor of Economics at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and the country lead of Sri Lanka’s Care Economies in Context project, describes what drew her to study the care economy. |
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Care Economy in Context: An interview with Dr. Deleni Gunewardena
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| In an interview, Dr. Dileni Gunewardena, the country lead of Sri Lanka’s Care Economies in Context project answers questions addressing the work she has done on the project, the major issues she sees facing Sri Lanka’s care economy, and the kinds of change she would like to see. She also describes the barriers that exist, and the hopes she has for economic modeling. |
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Estimating the paid care sector in Sri Lanka
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Outline
• Background and motivation
• Definitions and concepts
• Scope and objectives of the study
• Current landscape of the care economy in Sri Lanka: Literature review
• Estimating paid work: methodological considerations
• Estimates of employment, hours worked and wages in the paid care
sector in Sri Lanka based on Labour Force Survey data
• Immediate pre-pandemic years (2019)
• Pandemic years (2020)
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This desk-based study seeks to understand the current landscape of the care economy in Sri Lanka in terms of the policy framework, present arrangements, and knowledge and experiences of care for children and dependent adults based on the existing policies as well as the available literature and data.
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Developments within Sri Lanka’s Care Sector
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The growing need for childcare support in Sri Lanka
The lack of affordable and reliable childcare options has left many parents scrambling to find makeshift solutions and has brought the issue of childcare sharply into focus. Read more
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Current Status of Child Care Institutions and Institutionalized Children in Sri Lanka
According to the survey findings, currently there are 14,179 children in 414 institutions located in all nine provinces in Sri Lanka. Out of the total number of children residing in institutions at the time of the survey, 8,538 were females (60.2 per cent) and 5,641 were males (39.8 per cent) indicating an overall sex ratio of 153.4 girls for every 100 boys. Read more
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Care-giving expectations and challenges among elders and their adult children in Southern Sri Lanka
The elderly population in Sri Lanka is growing rapidly. Elders are traditionally cared for in the homes of their adult children, but the shifting socio-economic environment in Sri Lanka challenges this arrangement. Read more
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Ageing population and elderly care in Sri Lanka
The unprecedented growth of the older population (age 60 and above), both in terms of absolute numbers and with regard to its share in the total population, is a striking feature of the Sri Lanka demographic scenario in recent times. Evidence in the South Asia regions confirms Sri Lanka has the highest proportion of older persons (60+ and 80+) and will be the most ‘aged’ country in South Asia from. Read more
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Sri Lanka healthcare on verge of collapse in economic crisis
Sri Lanka is in the midst of its worst economic crisis in history. The country imports around 85% of its medical supplies. But with foreign currency reserves running low, essential drugs are now difficult to obtain. Read more
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Sri Lanka health system review
Sri Lanka has achieved strong health outcomes over and above what is commensurate with its income level. The country has made significant gains in essential health indicators, witnessed a steady increase in life expectancy among its people, and eliminated malaria, filariasis, polio and neonatal tetanus. Read more
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Country Report: Sri Lanka
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The Centre for Global Social Policy hosted researchers involved in the Care Economies in Context project on September 21–23, 2022, at the Department of Sociology of the University of Toronto. Here is a link to a presentation outlining current knowledge about the care economies in Sri Lanka.
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Professors Ito Peng and Otgontugs Banzragch have received funding from the New Frontiers Research Fund (NFRF) to conduct research into the care economy in Mongolia. This proposal responds to a Special Call from NFRF for research “to mobilize Canadian-led research efforts in support of a more equitable, sustainable and resilient postpandemic reality.” NFRF funds projects deemed to have high risk and high impact. The program awarded this project $500,000 CAD for two years. To read the project summary, click here.
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June Newsletter
The June newsletter focused on Care Economies in Context in South Korea. To view the newsletter, click here. |
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April Newsletter
The March newsletter focused on Care Economies in Context in Colombia. To view the newsletter, click here.
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March Newsletter
The March newsletter focused on Care Economies in Context in Mongolia. To view the newsletter, click here.
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February Newsletter
The February newsletter focused on Care Economies in Context in Canada. To view the newsletter, click here. |
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