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Senior Prof. Tikiri Nimal Herath

Senior Prof. Tikiri Nimal Herath

Senior Professor in Economics
BA (Hons); MA (USJ); PhD (Colombo)
Email: n-herath(at)sjp.ac.lk
Office : 0112802014

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Education
  • PhD

Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 2007-2011

  • MPhil

PGIA, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2002-2004

  • BA (Hons.) Economics
Key Appointments
  • Associate Professor in Economics, University of Fiji,  May 2014- May 2016 (on sabbatical).
  • Head, Department of Economics,  University of Fiji, 2014-2016 (on sabbatical).
Postgraduate Supervision

  • Dissertation supervision of graduate students  read for M.Sc in Business Administration degree program, Faculty of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, (2003-4)

  • Dissertation supervision of graduate students  read for MPA, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo, 2012-13.

  • Dissertation supervision of graduate students  read for MPA, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo, 2012-13.

  • Dissertation supervision of a graduate student  reading  for MPhill, Department of Economics,  University of Colombo, 2018 todate. (Mr.A.M.T.H.B.Atapattu)

Research Publications

Presentations

Conferences and workshops

Books / Chapters Published

2020

2017

  •  “Optimal Public Debt and  Size of the Public Sector: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries including South Asia”, (2017). Sri Lanka Economic Journal, 14(1): 56-73.

2015

  • “The Role of the State in  Alleviation of Poverty in South Asia”, (2015). South Asia Economic Journal, 16(2): 257-277.
  • “Recent trends of public sector and financial management  in  Sri Lanka”, (2015),  Sri Lanka Journal of Development Administration,  Vol​.5, p.14-26.

2014

  • With S.W.G.K.Bulankulama and Ali Khatibi, (2014). “Mediating effect of Utilization of Social Media on Social Media Adoptions and Competitive Advantage: Development of a Conceptual Framework”,  International Journal of Arts and Commerce, Vol. 3 No. 2.
  • With S.W.G.K.Bulankulama and Ali Khatibi, (2014). Utilization of Social Media in an Organization and Competitive Advantages: Development of a Conceptual Framework, International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, Vol. 2, Issue 3.
  • “Infringement of Child Rights:  Cross Country Experiences in South Asia with special reference to Sri Lanka”,  (2014), Economic Review , 49: 13-21.
  • “Recent Trends of Public Financial Management in Sri Lanka”, (2014). Economic Review. 39(3-4):8-13. http://staff.sjp.ac.lk/nherath/publications/recent-trends-public-financial-management-sri-lanka

2011

  • “How to look at the state in economic perspective?”, (2011). (in first language), Sanskruthi,  21(3,4): 101-124.

2009

  • “History and origin of decentralization of governance: theory and practice”,  (2009). Sri Lanka Economic Journal,  10(1):48-83.
  • “Decentralization of Governance and Economic Development: The Sri Lankan Experience after Establishment of Provincial Councils”, (2009). South Asia Economic Journal,  10(1), 157-185.

2008

  •  “Economics of human rights in  market economies: are they growth- and development friendly according to the empirical evidence?”, (2008).  Sri Lanka Journal of International Law,  vol.20(2):181-207.
  • Decentralization of Governance and Economic Development”, (2008), Korea Review of International Studies, Vol. 2(1): 29-49.
  • “An Assessment of Decentralized Government School Education in Sri Lanka”,  KEDI Journal    of  Educational Policy (KJEP), 5(1), 2008, p.19-48. (A Journal in Thompson index).

2007

  • “Performance of government school education  and its efficiency under the decentralized economy of Sri Lanka”, (2007).  Sri Lanka  Economic Journal,  8(1): 61-99.

2005

  •  “Modern economic concepts and views taught by Buddha”, (2005), Indian Journal  of      Social    Development, 5(1):47-54.

2004

  • “Decentralization and economic development: cross country experience  with special    reference to Sri Lanka”, (2004) The ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics,  3(3), 37-60, (Republished in V.V.Ramani (ed), Sri Lankan Economy: Policies and    Achievements, The ICFAI University Press, Hyderabad, p.101-132).

2001

  • “Farmer’s Knowledge of  Water Management Methods in the Dry   Zone of Sri Lanka”, (2001), Indigenous Knowledge and  Development  Monitor, Netherlands,  9(3), (November), p.27-28.
  • “Indigenous Technology: the Making of Books in Sri Lanka”, (2001), Indigenous   Knowledge and Development Monitor, Netherlands,   9(1), (March), p. 28.

1998

  • Present Indigenous Therapeutic System  in Sri Lanka”,  (in first language) Ayurvedha Udanaya, Vol. 3, Nov/Dec 1998, p.22-23,  Department of Ayurvedha, Sri Lanka.

1996

  •  “Broader Measures of Economic Development”, (1996), Economic Review, Research Department of the  People’s  Bank of Sri Lanka, (March),  34-36.

International

 

  • “Can Sri Lankan Public Schools Make Optimal Decisions by Deploying Their Teachers?” presented in The Asian Conference on Education held in Tokyo, October 2018.

 

  • “Impact of Population Ageing in Asia: Issues, Features and Solutions”, MIRDEC -3rd, 2017, Conference on Social Sciences, Economics, Business and Education, 04-06 April, 2017, Hotel President, Budapest, Hungary.
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  • “Renewable Energy Management: Experiences of  Developing Countries”, 26.12.2014, University of Fiji, Saweni Campus.

 

  • “The role of the state and economic development: how far South Asian states have worked responsibly?”, presented in conference on “Evolving Humanity, Emerging Worlds”, 17th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, held in University of Manchester from 5th – 10th August 2013.

 

  • “The Major Characteristics of Indigenous Knowledge in Sri Lanka: Can We Extract anything to Resolve Current Problems?” presented in conference on “Evolving Humanity, Emerging Worlds”, 17th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, held in University of Manchester from  5th-August 10th, 2013.

 

  • “A new avenue to broaden the basis for human rights” presented in conference on “Evolving Humanity, Emerging Worlds”, 17th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, held in University of Manchester, from 5th-10th August, 2013.

 

  • “Economics of human rights in Market Economies: Are They Growth- and
    Development Friendly according to the Empirical Evidence?”, a paper presented in 16th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological sciences, Kunming, China, July 27-31, 2009. (Funded by Chinese government).

 

  • Decentralization and Economic Development: The Sri Lankan Experience, October 06, 2006, School of Economics,  University of Queensland. Australia.

 

  • Role of the State and  Economic Development,  Faculty seminar series at  the School of Economics, University of Wollongong, Australia, September 2006.

 

National

 

  • “An Extension to the Theory of Corruption and the Size of the Public Sector as a Cause of Corruption” (2), Proceedings of ICSUSL 2019, “Frontier Technologies for a Sustainable Future”, 7th International Conference of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 14th and 15th November, 2019, sab.ac.lk/ic

 

  • “Public School Education versus Private Tutoring in Sri Lanka: Which Contributes more to Student Performance?”, 6th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches 2019, Conducted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies,  University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, on 26th and 27th November, 2019.

 

  • “Public education versus private tutoring in Sri Lanka: who is contributing more?”, Peradeniya 7th International Research Symposium, Department of Economics and Statistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, October 17th and 18th, 2019.

 

  • “Social Cost of Crime: A Simple Model of Human Interdependence”, Proceedings of 2nd International Research Symposium, February 1-2, 2018, conducted by Uva Wellassa University, Sri Lanka.

 

  • “Optimal Public Debt and Size of the Public Sector: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries including South Asia” Proceedings of the International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHS) – 2016 conducted by  the University of Sri Jayewardenepura on 10th-11th  of November, 2016.

 

  • “Reality of Caste and Race Differences in Societies: A Mathematical Approach”, Proceedings of the International Research Conference in Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHS) – 2013 conducted by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura on 4th-5th  of December, 

 

  • “Infringement of Child Rights:  An Examination to some Interrelated Child Problems and Analysis of Legal Measures Enforced to Prohibit Child Problems in South Asia”, Proceedings of the International Research Conference in Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHS) – 2013 conducted by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura on 4th-5th  of December 2013.

 

  • “Does Indoor Air Pollution Reduce Labor Productivity: The Case of Tea Estates in Sri Lanka”, (with Ajaantha Kalyanarathne) Proceedings of the First International Conference Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nov. 2012.

 

  • “Global warming: a new analysis to carbon dioxide emission and the theory of consensus”, Fourth National Geography Conference, 2011, Department of Geography, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

 

  • “Understanding the proper role of the state to enhance economic development and control of present global economic crisis”, Abstracts of Symposium and Review Papers, 50th Anniversary Academic Conference, 10-12 December, 2009,University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

 

  • “Role of Taxes and Subsidies in Global Economic Turmoil Originated based on the  Financial Market”, Presented for anniversary session of the Sri Lanka Economists Association, October 2009.

 

  • “Global economic problems: peace and environment”, Abstracts of the Poster Presentation, 50th Anniversary Academic Conference, 11-12 December, 2009, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, p.23-24.

 

  • “Provincial school education in Sri Lanka”, a paper presented to the Arts Faculty seminar series, 06.08.2008.

 

  • “The Role of the State of Sri Lanka in the Context of Selected Asian Countries”, Fifth International Conference on Business Management  2008, Faculty of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

 

  • “Evolution of role of the state: how far has Sri Lanka come up to now?”, Third International Conference on Business Management,  (2006), Corporate Social Responsibility: Profits and Beyond, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

 

  • “Decentralization policy in Sri Lanka: reviewing the performance of the existing system and understanding avenues to modify”, (2005), Conference on Contemporary Public Policy Issues in Sri Lanka,  Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

 

  • “Decentralization of governance and economic development in developing countries”, High level Training Program, conducted   by the   Central   Bank   of Sri Lanka, February 

 

  • “Review of Samuelson’s polar case with respect to the determination of public goods: new determinants”, (2003), The First International  Conference on Business Management of Developing Countries, Faculty  of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri 

 

  • “Intercropping or Coconut-Animal Integration for Small Holdings in  Sri Lanka”, a paper o the Arts Faculty  Seminar series, 1990.11.28.