Priyanka Jayawardena

Priyanka Jayawardena is a Research Economist at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka. She holds a BSc (Honors) in Statistics and MA in Economics from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Her research interests include education and skills development, labour economics, inequality analysis, health economics and child nutrition She has published in these areas both locally and internationally.

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Fields of specialization

Poverty and inequality , Health and nutrition, Education and training, Labour markets and employment, Youth and children

Projects

Title	Country	Themes
Addressing context-specific barriers to female labor force participation in decent work - Cross Country analysis	Sri Lanka	Gender & women’s empowerment
Tax reforms in Sri Lanka – will a tax on public servants improve progressivity?	Sri Lanka	Poverty and Inequality , Impacts of government programs , Fiscal policy
Will school level decision making improve access to better education for the poor in Sri Lanka?	Sri Lanka	Education and training , Impacts of government programs , Youth and children

Details

Mrs. Priyanka Jayawardena
Research Economist
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka

Contact information:

Sri Lanka
priyanka@ips.lk