Dileni Gunewardena
@dilenigun
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University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka academic, PEP Research Fellow, former Brookings Global Echidna Scholar. Also on @bluesky, same handle.
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Joined April 2013
RT @TushWickramana1: 24,000 cases of child abuse referred to AG - Not a single indictment filed for past 5 years! How is that even possible….
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RT @officiallahiru: Journalism is not a crime!.Reporting the truth is not terrorism!.No journalist should ever be silenced for uncovering s….
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This is why we need to protect education and health budgets in Sri Lanka, and especially early childhood development budgets. I would argue that childcare budgets also make that investment.
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RT @Pontifex: I am deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church….
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RT @prem_thakker: "My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in interna….
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Parents can do inskolning as part of their 480 days of paid leave per child – as an American abroad, this was a foreign concept. But here’s what the US could le…. Source: the Guardian.Shared via the Google app
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Parents can do inskolning as part of their 480 days of paid leave per child – as an American abroad, this was a foreign concept. But here’s what the US could learn
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An interesting read. 2 takeaways I see for Sri Lanka: 1st, America s trade deficit is because it spends more than it produces. So, SL policy makers could not have pre-empted this. 2nd, travel has not been taxed. Tourism should be our #1 priority.
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RT @NewsWireLK: "Americans buy a lot of clothes from Sri Lanka, but Sri Lanka doesn’t buy many gas turbines from America. That’s not a trad….
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RT @nomadic_sanjee: She doesn’t need a saree, a husband, or children to lead—just vision, integrity, and courage. It’s not culture she de….
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Do check this out if you haven’t already. I led the courts development effort.
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At a time when global public goods promoting gender equality and inclusion (GEI) are under threat, here is one resource that is still available and thriving, thanks to @IDRC_CRDI and @PEPnetwork - Partnership for Economic Policy. Check it out!.
pep-net.org
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Why the US Should Keep Funding Global Education
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USAID education spending has been effective, and likely extremely good value for money.
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A must read. And nice to see on Substack.
Wrote a ridiculously long post on why I, an RW voter, think the NPP government must see its firs term through. Available at the link below (because Elon likes to throttle links).
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I have decided to leave X. Will try to figure out how to reactivate my Mastodon account.
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