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    Public or private determinants of choice of health care providers in Sri Lanka
    (Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 2016-11) Madurawala, Sunimalee
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    Better schools for better O-Level results in Sri Lanka
    (Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka, 2017-11) Abayasekara, Ashani; Arunatilake, Nisha
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    Sri Lanka's grade five scholarship examination: an evaluation of its effectiveness and relevance
    (Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 2019-06) Abayasekara, Ashani
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    Elasticity Estimates for Cigarettes in Sri Lanka
    (Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 2020) Arunatilake, Nisha; Weerasekara, Harini; Thilanka, Chamini
    Tobacco is extremely harmful to health and has been found to increase the risk of many non-communicable diseases including cancer, heart diseases, and respiratory illnesses. The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), of which Sri Lanka is a signatory, was formed to end the tobacco epidemic. Since signing the WHO FCTC treaty in 2003, Sri Lanka has introduced several initiatives to control tobacco use in the country. These measures have decreased the tobacco incidence in Sri Lanka, but tobacco consumption remains high with 28.1 per cent of males being smokers in 2018 (World Health Organization.
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    Tobacco smoking in Sri Lanka: identifying and understanding the last mile smokers
    (Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 2020) Madurawala, Sunimalee; Karunanayake, Chathurga; Thilanka, Chamini
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    A proactive path to combat malnutrition in Sri Lanka
    (Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka, 2020-06) Jayawardena, Priyanka
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    Talking Tobacco: how reduced consumption benefits the economy
    (Institute Of Policy Studies Of Sri Lanka, 2021) Jayawardena, Priyanka; Weerasekera, Harini
    On average, a tobacco-user household spends nearly LKR 2,000 per month on tobacco, constituting 4 per cent of the household budget. Spending on tobacco can drive out other critical household expenditures, including basic needs. This 'crowding out effect' would be the greatest for poor families, affecting not only the smoker but the rest of the family as well.
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    Tobacco smoking cessation: lessons and policy options for Sri Lanka
    (Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 2021) Madurawala, Sunimalee; Karuanayake, Chathurga
    Sri Lanka has, in general, madeimportant strides in reducing the overall smoking prevalence rate over time. However, if smoking prevalence is to decrease further, it is important that measures are taken to reduce the prevalence rate among residual smokers - the Last Mile Smokers. The Last Mile Smokers are the remaining groups in which the smoking prevalence rates are higher than the overall smoking prevalence rate in the country. Last Mile Smokers are, in general, less responsive to system-wide measures such as smoking and advertising bans as well as health awareness campaigns. As such, targetted smoking cessation policies and programmes play a vital role in supporting these groups to quit smoking effectively. However, given that tobacco products contain nicotine, a highly addictive drug on par with heroin and cocaine, smoking cessation is often a challenging task and a long-term process.
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    Shadow education in Sri Lanka during Covid-19 : trends,impacts, and role in relation to mainstream education
    (Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 2023) Abayasekara, Ashani; Perera, Usha; De Silva, Thisali
    The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created the largest disruption to education systems in recent history, leading to unavoidable and substantial learning losses among students worldwide. While a growing literature has examined the impacts of extended school closures on multiple aspects of education, the focus has almost exclusively been on formal mainstream education, as opposed to "shadow education" - more commonly known as private supplementary tutoring.