Hettige, Siri
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Abstract
This paper is based on the text of the Inaugural Lecture delivered on the occasion of the institution of the Sri Lanka Chair at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg on 20 February 2017. After introducing the concept of Sustainable Development Goals as defined by the United Nations, the paper discusses the process of implementing changes to achieve these goals in Sri Lanka as well as exposing the challenges this faces. The selected areas that the author examines in particular are poverty, income inequality, employment, social security, education and public finance.
| Document type: | Book |
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| Publisher: | South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University |
| Place of Publication: | Heidelberg |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Version: | Primary publication |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jan 2018 |
| Number of Pages: | 25 |
| Faculties / Institutes: | Universitäten / Institute > Südasien-Institut der Universität Heidelberg |
| DDC-classification: | Social sciences Political science |
| Controlled Keywords: | Sri Lanka, Politik, Gesellschaft, Nachhaltigkeit |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Sri Lanka, nachhaltige Entwicklung, Politk, Gesellschaft / Sri Lanka, sustainable development, politics, society |
| Subject (classification): | Politics Sociology |
| Countries/Regions: | Sri Lanka |
| Series: | Themen > South Asia Institute Papers |
| Volume: | 1.2017 |
