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The Valachena Paper Factory and Paper Making as an industry
By Garvin Karunaratne It is heartening to note that action is being taken to resurrect the Valachenai Paper Factory. I have had the...
Garvin Karunaratne
Jun 8, 20245 min read
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Why have our Universities failed?
By Garvin Karunaratne I would like our authorities to give deep thought to the salient points I have raised in an earlier paper of mine....
Garvin Karunaratne
Jun 8, 20247 min read
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Laya Waves: A Cosy Holiday for now: A Catalyst for Future Development
By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D. On my second visit to Laya Waves I was struck with some new ideas. To get down to the hospitality track, the...
Garvin Karunaratne
Jun 8, 20247 min read
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How our excellent agricultural extension system of the Sixties was sacrificed.
By Garvin Karunaratne former G.A. Matara In view of the attempts by our President to boost our agriculture, it may be worthwhile to...
Garvin Karunaratne
Jun 8, 202410 min read
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The Youth Self Employment Programme of Bangladesh, a Programme that has created three million youth entrepreneurs in four decades.
By Garvin Karunaratne It all happened in the Bangladesh Secretariat, three days after General Ershard took over the country in a...
Garvin Karunaratne
Jun 8, 20247 min read
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Lack of irrigation water for paddy cultivation in August
Garvin Karunaratne My dabbling in agriculture in Sri Lanka, for eighteen long years as an administrative officer in agriculture tells me...
Garvin Karunaratne
Jun 8, 20246 min read
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Great Developmment Programmes that can deliver Sri Lanka out of the woods
Garvin Karunaratne, PhD. Michigan Stae University, Is it not sad that Sri Lanka, a country that had no foreign debt in 1977, is today...
Garvin Karunaratne
Jun 8, 20245 min read
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The Yodha Ela- Jaya Ganga
By Garvin Karunaratne In the Fifth Century we built Yodha Ela in Anuradhapura District at a gradient of five inches in a mile. Today, we...
Garvin Karunaratne
Feb 2, 20245 min read
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How our excellent agricultural extension system of the Sixties was sacrificed.
By Garvin Karunaratne former G.A. Matara It is time to stop political bickering and take action before we totally fail in agriculture...
Garvin Karunaratne
Jan 30, 20241 min read
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Get Cracking on creating employment and alleviating poverty
by Garvin Karunaratne. In the Fifth Century we built the Yodha Ela at a gradient of six inches in a mile- so miniscule a gradient that...
Garvin Karunaratne
Jan 29, 20249 min read
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The Youth Self Employment Programme of Bangladesh, a Programme that has created three million youth entrepreneurs in four decades.
By Garvin Karunaratne It all happened in the Bangladesh Secretariat, three days after General Ershard took over the country in a...
Garvin Karunaratne
Dec 22, 20238 min read
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Strengthen the Budget with provisions for Poverty Alleviation- train the unemployed to get to production. An Idea for kind consideration.
Garvin Karunaratne Former GA Matara 1971-1973 Having read what the newspapers detail on the first day of the budget, I get the impression...
Garvin Karunaratne
Nov 14, 20236 min read
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The task of becoming self sufficient in paddy. Why go to Malaysia: Look at the past- to the Seventies when were became Self Sufficient
By Garvin Karunaratne It is reported that our President Ranil Wickremasinghe is seking th advise from foreign countries like Thailand to...
Garvin Karunaratne
Oct 25, 20232 min read
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The Neglect of Minor Irrigation Tanks in the Dry Zone.
Garvin Karunaratne former GA Matara Despite my repeated writings  highlighting what has happened to the Dry Zone tanks, the life blood...
Garvin Karunaratne
Oct 1, 20231 min read
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Yes, We Can Create Employment and Production and end the economic meltdown.
by Garvin Karunaratne My mind runs in nostaglia to three of my attempts at economic development in three countries, where in two where I...
Garvin Karunaratne
Sep 2, 20237 min read
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Eighteen Centuries ago, We built Yodha Ela on a gradient of ten centimeters in a kilometer- Today we are begging dollars on the streets of the entire World. Not for Long.
We can bring about economic development. Garvin Karunaratne former GA Matara, Way back in 1963, as the Assistant Commissioner for...
Garvin Karunaratne
Aug 31, 20237 min read
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The Recovery of the Ailing Global Economy: The Predicament of Sri Lanka
A few months have passed since the global economic system crashed and action taken to date has failed to arrest the problem.
Garvin Karunaratne
Jul 1, 20097 min read
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