Detailed Information

Research Field/Keywords for Research Field

• Development Economics, Human Capital Development, South Asia, Sustainable Development

Education

• 1995/12, University of Peradeniya, Department of Agricultural Economics, Graduated
• 2001/03, Agricultural Economics, Master Course, Completed
• 2006/03, Doctor Course, Completed

Employment Experience

• 1996/09 - 1997/02 Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty of Agriculture University of Peradeniya
• 1997/03 - 1997/07 Department of Nutrition and Community Resource Management Faculty of Applied Sciences I The Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
• 1997/07 - 2006/03 Lecturer Department of Agricultural Extension Faculty of Agriculture University of Peradeniya
• 2006/03 - 2015/03 Associate Professor Department of Agricultural Extension Faculty of Agriculture University of Peradeniya
• 2015/04 -  *  Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Saga University

Field of Specialization

• Economic policy, Sociology

Membership in Academic Societies

• Sri Lanka Organization of Agriculture Professionals

Awards

• Christopher De Seram Weerasinghe Siriwardana Scholarship  （1993/12）
• Prof. Appadurai Memorial scholarship （1994/12）
• Ananda Amarasinghe Memorial Scholarship  （1994/12）
• University Scholarship  （1995/12）
• E. M. R. B. Ekanayake memorial prize  （1995/12）

Themes for Ongoing Research

• The impact of migrants' integration and human capital development in Japan on economic development of Asia: The case of Indonesian migrants and returnees
• Sri Lankan Migrants in Japan: Host Country Integration through Employment, Education and Entrepreneurship
• Development of Productive, Resilient and Sustainable Farming Practice through Natural Capital Management
• The Role of Japanese Language Schools in Human Capital Development in Asia and Reduction of Labor Shortage in Japan
• Economic Development in South Asia
• Human Capital Development in Asia with Japanese Technical Intern Training Program

Research Themes in the Past

• The Role of Japanese Language Schools in Human Capital Development in Asia and Reduction of Labor Shortage in Japan
• Human Capital Development in Asia with Japanese Technical Intern Training Program

Research Topics and Results

• The Essence of Thai Returnees’ Experience in Japan: From Work Ethics to Innovation 2022/07
• アジアの人的資源育成と貧困軽減に対する日本の技能実習制度の貢献～帰国実習生に関する実態調査～ 2019/12
• “Towards a Socially and Economically Sustainable Technical Intern Training Program in Japan” 2019/06
• Japan's Grass-roots Technical Cooperation in Social Business Development and Poverty Alleviation: The Conceptual Relationship 2016/01
• Developmental Dynamics: Transforming Societies for Suatainable Futures 2016

Books

• Human Capital Development in Asia with Japanese Technical Intern Training Programme;　2018/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　Piyadasa Ratnayake and Saliya De Silva
  
• Human Capital Development in Asia with Japanese Technical Intern Training Programme;　2018
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　Piyadasa Ratnayake and Saliya De Silva
  
• Japan's Grass-roots Technical Cooperation in Social Business Development and Poverty Alleviation: The Conceptual Relationship;　2016/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Human Capital, Agriculture, Trade and Globalizaition, 177-198
  AUTHOR;　Piyadasa Ratnayake, Saliya De Silva
  
• Developmental Dynamics: Transforming Societies for Suatainable Futures;　2016
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　The Economic Association of Saga University
  AUTHOR;　De Silva, S.
  

Original Articles

• Fiscal Decentralization and Provincial Level Service Delivery in Sri Lanka: An Econometric Analysis.;　2023/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 2023, 73, 753-769
  AUTHOR;　Mudalige, P. W., De Silva, S., & Cooray, N. S.
  
• Comparative Analysis of Satisfaction with Service Quality: Experience of School Principals in the Uva and Western Provinces of Sri Lanka.;　2023/05
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 56, 1, 25－52
  AUTHOR;　Mudalige, P. W., & De Silva, S.
  
• Technology Transfer and Economic Development Through Reverse Brain Drain: A Comparative Study of Four Asian Economies;　2022/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 55, 2, pp. 27－53
  AUTHOR;　Buarapha Peemmaphat, & De Silva S
  
• The Nexus between Decentralization and Educational Services in Government Schools: The Case of Uva Province in Sri Lanka;　2022/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 54, 3, 33－51
  AUTHOR;　Mudalige, P.W & De Silva, S
  
• Workforce Development with Japanese Technical Intern Training Program in Asia: An Overview of Performance;　2017/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Saga University Economic Review,, 49, 3, 1-32
  AUTHOR;　Ratnayake, P., De Silva, S.
  
• Occupational Issues of Climate Change: Percfeptions of the Workforce in Food Manufacturing Industry in Sri Lanka;　2017
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Developmental Dynamics: Transforming Societies for Sustainable Futures, The Economic Association of Saga University: Japan,, 323-336
  AUTHOR;　Karalliyadda, C. and De Silva, S.
  
• Workforce Development with Japanese Technical Intern Training Program in Asia: An Overview of Performance;　2016/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Saga University economic review, 49, 3, 1 - 31
  AUTHOR;　Piyadasa Ratnayake;Saliya De Silva;Rie Kage
  
• Japanese Assistance for Workforce Development with Technical Intern Training Programme in Asia: Results of the Survey in Saga Prefecture;　2016/08
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Saga University economic review, 49, 2, 1 - 50
  AUTHOR;　Piyadasa Ratnayaka;Saliya De Silva
  
• Japanese assistance for workforce development with technical intern training programme in Asia: Results of the survey in saga prefecture;　2016
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Saga University Economic Review, 49, 2, 1-50
  AUTHOR;　Ratnayake, P., and De Silva, S.
  
• Workforce Development with Japanese Technical Intern Training Program in Asia: An Overview of Performance;　2016
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 49, 3, 1-32
  AUTHOR;　2. Ratnayake, P., De Silva, S.
  
• Human Capital Development in Asia under Japanese Assistance : The Experience of Sri Lanka;　2010/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 50, 1, 93111
  AUTHOR;　Piyadasa Ratnayake;Saliya De Silva
  
• Impact of Socio-cultural Factors on Industrialization and Agricultural Development in Sri Lanka : A Comparative Analysis of Three Asian Countries;　2004/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 89, 7191
  AUTHOR;　Saliya De Silva/Takeda Jun/Shiratake Yoshiharu
  
• An Ecological-Anthropological Study on Tree-Sap Collecting Activities A Preliminary Report;　2002/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 87, 3751
  AUTHOR;　Takeda Jun;Lee Eung Ceol;Silva Saliya De
  
• SOCIO-CULTURAL BARRIERS FOR GROUP WORK : THE CASE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM FOOD PROCESSING ENTERPRISES IN SRI LANKA;　2002/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 87, 119
  AUTHOR;　Silva Saliya De;Takeda Jun
  
• THE TREND OF THE TRADE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SRI LANKA AND JAPAN IN THE POST WORLD WAR? PERIOD;　2002/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 35, 4, 1562
  AUTHOR;　Silva Saliya De;Ratanayake Piyadasa;Takeda Jun
  
• The Need for International Cooperation in Forest Conservation in Srilanka;　2001/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 86, 19
  AUTHOR;　
  
• THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN FOREST CONSERVATION IN SRI LANKA;　2001/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 86, 19
  AUTHOR;　Silva Saliya De;Takeda Jun;Kotagama Hemasiri
  

Material, Commentary, Editorials, Research Report, A Comprehensive Journal Articles

• 日本の労働力不足問題と技能実習制度～実習生受入企業に関する実態調査～;　2019/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 52, 2・3, 1-26
  AUTHOR;　
  
• Prospects and Challenges of Addressing Human Capital Development in Asia and Labor Shortage in Japan with Japanese Language Schools;　2019/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Asian Economic Symposium Proceedings
  AUTHOR;　Saliya De Silva
  
• “Towards a Socially and Economically Sustainable Technical Intern Training Program in Japan”;　2019/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, SLACJ 6th International Conference on Indo-Pacific Studies 2019, Niigata, Japan
  AUTHOR;　De Silva, S. and Ratnayake, P.
  

General Lectures

• Host country integration and human capital development of international students;　2023/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　32nd Asian Economics Symposium, Kasetsart University, Thailand November 9-10, 2023
  AUTHOR;　De Silva, Saliya and Nadeera Ranabahu
  
• Achieving SDGs through Natural Capital Management in Farming Systems;　2023/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　7th International Conference of Economics and Business (IRCEB) 2023 “At the Halftime of SDGs: How Academicians Take Part to Accelerate the Environmental Agenda”,held by the Faculty of Economics and Business of Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia
  AUTHOR;　De Silva, S.
  
• Environment, Society, and Governance (ESG) Initiatives;　2023/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　panelist of the 7th SLAcJ International Conference on Environment, Society, and Governance (ESG) Initiatives’, organized by The Association of Sri Lankan Academics in Japan, in collaboration with the International University of Japan (IUJ), the Sri Lanka Embassy in Japan, and the Sri Lanka Students’ Association in Japan (SLSAJ), at ‘International University of Japan, Japan
  AUTHOR;　Cooray, N. S.＆De Silva, S
  
• Development of Productive, Resilient, and Sustainable Farming Practices through Natural Capital Management: Experience of Japan;　2023/05
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　“Development of Productive, Resilient, and Sustainable Farming Practices through Natural Capital Accounting” workshop organized by the Essex Centre for Accountability and Global Development (CAGD) at the Business School of the University of Essex . Colchester Campus, UK
  AUTHOR;　De Silva, S.
  
• Host Country Integration of Sri Lankan Postgraduate Students in Japan;　2023/02
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　International Seminar, Host Country Integration through Employment, Education, and Entrepreneurship
  AUTHOR;　Ranabahu Nadeera and De Silva, S.
  
• The Essence of Thai Returnees’ Experience in Japan: From Work Ethics to Innovation;　2022/07
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Economic Integration Forum (A-PAC EIF), Thailand (Online)
  AUTHOR;　Buarapha Peemmaphat, De Silva S., Luangpituksa Chonnikarn
  
• Human Capital Development of Thai Migrants to Japan and their Contribution to Technology Development;　2022/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Japan Society of International Economics, 11th Spring Conference, Japan on 4th June 2022.
  AUTHOR;　Buarapha Peemmaphat & De Silva S
  
• The Contribution of Human Capital Development in Japan for Technology Development in Thailand.;　2022/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　The 9th National Conference, The Japan Association for Global Competency Education, Hyogo, Japan on 2022, March 12-13 (Online)
  AUTHOR;　Buarapha, Peemmaphat; De Silva, S.
  
• Fiscal Decentralization and Improvement of Provincial -Level Service Delivery in Sri Lanka: Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Approach;　2022/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　21st International Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
  AUTHOR;　Mudalige, P. W; Cooray, N. S. & De Silva, S
  
• アジアの人的資源育成と貧困軽減に対する日本の技能実習制度の貢献～帰国実習生に関する実態調査～;　2019/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　移民政策学会多文化社会学部シンポジウム（長崎大学にて開催）
  AUTHOR;　Piyadasa Ratnayake and Saliya De Silva
  

Others

• The Role of the Japanese Technical Intern Training Program on Workforce Development in Thailand and Laos;　2018
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　Ratnayake, P., and De Silva, S.
  
• Contribution of the Japanese Technical Intern Training Programme to Socioeconomic Development of Trainees from Thailand and Laos;　2017/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　Ratnayake, P., and De Silva, S.
  
• Workforce Development with Japanese Technical Intern Training Program in Asia: Opportunities and Challenges;　2017/05
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　Ratnayake, P., and De Silva, S.
  

Invited Lecture, Special Lecture

• Design for Health: Experience of Women-based Food Innovation Initiative to Overcome Nutrition Related Health Issues in Sri Lanka;　2017/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of the Design for Health Conference, Melbourne, Australia
  AUTHOR;　De Silva, S., and Matsumae, A.
  
• Livelihood Development of Rural Women to Promote Inclusive Growth in Sri Lanka;　2017/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of the 27th Asian Economic Symposium, Inclusive Growth and Integration of Asian Economy in the Perspective of Belt and Road, Guilin, China
  AUTHOR;　De Silva, S., S.M.S.P. Kumara, and J. Illankoon
  
• Compliance Behaviour of Certified Organic Tea Farmers in Sri Lanka;　2017/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　Karalliyadda, S.M.C.B and S. De Silva
  
• Value Chain Analysis for Dairy Industry Development in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka;　2017/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of the 11th Food and Resource Economics Association Conference, University of Saga, Japan,
  AUTHOR;　Dedunu Wijethilaka, S. De Silva, and R.M.C Deshapriya
  
• Regulatory framework of organic agriculture in Sri Lanka: The opportunities and challenges;　2017/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of the Sri Lanka-Japan Collaborative Research - 2017, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  AUTHOR;　
  
• Sustainable Dairy Production: Lessons from Japan to Develop Dairy Industry in Uva Province of Sri Lanka;　2017/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• Managing World Heritage Sites for Sustainable Tourism: A Comparative Study between Sri Lanka and Japan;　2017/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of the Sri Lanka-Japan Collaborative Research - 2017, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  AUTHOR;　
  
• Sustainable Dairy Production: Lessons from Japan to Develop Dairy Industry in Uva Province of Sri Lanka;　2017/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　Dedunu Wijethilaka, S. De Silva, R.M.C Deshapriya, L.H.P Gunaratne and C.M.B Dematawewa
  
• Managing World Heritage Sites for Sustainable Tourism: A Comparative Study between Sri Lanka and Japan;　2017/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　Yamasaki, S., Imamura, Y., Akase, H., Kusano, M., Koga, M., Suzuki, H., Nakano, K., Mihara, K., Yanai, K., Yamashita, S. and S. De Silva