by root | Jan 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Distribution of Income and Well-being Table 4 provides the data for income distribution and inequality for the VHHD countries and the comparative data for Sri Lanka. The data for the Gini index (ratio) which are given in World Bank’s tables on World Development...
by root | Jan 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
At the time Marga Institute was set up, it was the first of its kind in the country and probably the first in the region of South Asia. We wish to cover in our story the conceptualization of Marga, the early influences, and its progress from the gestation period to...
by root | Jan 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
3. Some Fundamentals of Very High Human Development At the very outset, it has to be acknowledged that the 49 countries in the VHHD category present a very wide variety and diversity of VHHD conditions. The paths that they have taken to arrive at the VHHD condition...
by root | Jan 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
2. Per Capita incomes of Sri Lanka in 2025 and 2035 Sri Lanka’s Human Development Index and global ranking would be a good starting point for our exercise. Let us assume that the Sri Lankan economy would be able to sustain an average rate of growth of 6.5 % in real...
by root | Jan 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Godfrey Gunatilleke Introduction The main purpose of this paper is to examine Sri Lanka’s long-term prospects for human development over the next two decades. The sources of data used for this exercise are those made available in the Human Development Report...
by root | Jan 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
What is this Marga Institute? This was a question that most people asked when Marga was first established and became known to the public in 1972. What exactly was its raison d’etre – its mission and purpose. People were not easily able to give it a label and put it...
