CURRICULUM VITAE Ranjit Dissanayake Wanigaratne Address: Home:125, Buthpitiya South, Buthpitiya / City Contact :120, Jawatte Road, Colombo 5, SRI LANKA, Phone: Home:033 – 2278750 /City Contact: +94 –0 11 – 2585184 Mobile: 0754603719 E-mail: [email protected] Date of Birth: 06.09.1940 1.Education • Ph.D. (Development): 1984, Land Tenure Centre, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA • M.A. (Social Sciences) : 1972, University of Hawaii, USA • Post-Graduate Diploma (Population Studies): 1972, East-West Population Institute, Hawaii, USA • B.A. (Hons-Upper Second Class): 1966, University of Ceylon • Post-graduate Training: Project Management, Project Identification, Monitoring & Evaluation, Bradford University, UK: 1985 ; Corporate Strategy Formulation, Development and Implementation: National Institute of Business Management, Sri Lanka ,1992. 2. Key Qualifications Management/Technical Specialities: Agrarian Development and Participatory Institutional Building and evaluations, Rural Poverty and Land Tenure analyses, settlement relocation-stress effects evaluations, M&E Mechanism Development, Management & Assessment, Project Concept Development and Management, Computer skills: Versatile in Microsoft packages. Language skills Language Speak Read Write Sinhala First Language English Fluent Fluent Fluent Other Training • Project Identification, Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, Bradford University, UK, 1986 • Corporate Strategy Formulation, Development and Implementation, National Institute of Business Management (NIBM), Sri Lanka, 1993. 3. Membership of Professional Societies Member, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, SRI LANKA Member, Sri Lanka Economists Association, SRI LANKA Core Resource Team Member, Global Land Coalition, Stratford University, Virginia, USA Member, Common Property Resource Network, Minnesota, USA. Member, East-West Center Alumni Association, HAWAII. 4,. Occupational Record (functions detailed under ‘ Professional Experience’) 2004 – 2006 Project Socio-Economist, Land Titling & Related Services Project (World Bank funded), Pilot Phase, Ministry of Agriculture, Lands & Livestock Development. 2003 Consultant, Project Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, Ministry of Mahaweli Development. 2000-2002 Institutional Development Specialist & Consultant, Monitoring & Evaluation, Mahaweli Consolidation Project (European Union funded). 1989-2000 Director, Planning & Monitoring Unit, Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka. 1974-1989 Agrarian Research & Training Institute -Head, Agricultural Planning & Evaluation Division (1985-1990) - Senior Researcher, Land Economics & Land Settlement,(1974-1985) 1966-1974 Lecturer in Geography, Demography , Department of Geography, University of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya; Visiting Lecturer in Demography, Department of Sociology, University of Colombo. 5. Countries of Work Experience Sri Lanka, Kenya; Bangladesh 6. Professional Experience June 30, 2011- July 28,2011 Institutional and M&E Specialist, IFAD Design Completion Mission, Iranamadu Irrigation Development Project, Sri Lanka, Responsible for reviewing in detail all institutional aspects related to the project, land and bulk water allocation arrangement, government line departments who could provide support for improving livelihood activities, review, revise and improve needed M&E and knowledge management systems, Review and improve, taking the QE issues into account and assist Mission Leader in drafting relevant chapters. March, 2011- June,2011 Team Leader, Mid-Term Evaluation of IDA-WB/GOSL funded DAM SAFETY AND WATER MANAGEMENT PROJECT 2008- 2013, Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management, SRI LANKA. Leading a team of specialists to conduct a mid-term evaluation of the project to support a mid-term review by the IDA-WB mission due July, 2011. The project includes four principal components : Component 1:Dam safety and Operational Efficiency Improvement in 32 high risk major dams out of a total of 80 earmarked for emergency repair/restoration of dam safety equipment, preservation of vulnerable catchment areas and direction of livelihood support activities to vulnerable populations ; Component 2: Hydro-meteorological Information System Improvement; Component 3: Multi-sectoral Water Resources Planning; Component 4: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation. March,2010 –July,2010 ; October,2010- December,2010 International Institutional Specialist,(Co-Team Leader, Snc Levalin) WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT(WMIP), Bangladesh Water Development Board, Bangladesh. Developed the conceptual and applied basis for Institutional Development in Participatory Water Management through establishment of Water Organizations and their representation at higher levels of formal water management organization in Bangladesh for the Inception Report of the project. Developed a framework for initiating and strengthening water user based participatory organizations under the project with a basic framework for outcome monitoring and evaluation of planned water user strengthening and taking up project cycle steps based O&M responsibilities. Conducted several rapid evaluations of allied water resource based projects to draw out lessons for use by the WMIP. Provided an institutional input to all project based deliberations, involving companion project teams and WB evaluation mission advance teams. October,2009 –March, 2010 Consultant, Ministry of Plan Implementation-UNDP TA-PROJECT to develop a national evaluation data base on Mega Projects in Sri Lanka . (a) Evaluated a sample of 29 completed and on-going mega projects introduced in Sri Lanka between 2000-2007,(b) Developed an evaluation data entry format to enable development process evaluation information syntheses on Mega projects by helping to establish a national data base on Mega projects, (c) Prepared a set of guidelines for outcomes and process evaluation of completed and on-going mega projects for the future. November December 2008 Part-time Senior M&E Specialist, USAID Connecting Regional Economies (CORE) Project: Developed the M&E mechanism (including a results-based M&E framework) for the project. August-September, 2008 Part-time Consultant, Ministry of Social Services-Help Age International, Evaluated Options for Registration and Potential Payment Mechanisms drawn from existing Voluntary Contributory Schemes pertaining to Pensions and Social Security in Sri Lanka as a part of a feasibility study for a Non-Contributory Social Pension Scheme in Sri Lanka. April - August, 2007 Consultant, Pathfinder Foundation, Sri Lanka. Prepared a Policy Analysis document on the Proposed Land Titling (Amendment) Bill, for public presentation and refinement for presentation to national legislators to facilitate an informed policy debate. May-June, 2006 National Consultant, UNDP Transfer of Technology through Expatriate Nationals (TOKTEN) Programme in Sri Lanka, Assessed the Strengths, Weaknesses and lessons to be learnt from the previous project cycle of the TOKTEN which ended in 2004, indicating areas to be strengthened, necessary partnership strategies and guidelines to assist planning the next cycle of the Program. April-May. 2006 Rural Land Tenure Specialist, Potential Social Impact Assessment of the National Water Management (NAWAM) Project (World Bank and UNDP). Conducted a rapid assessment of potential social impacts of dam projects and inter-basin irrigation canal systems earmarked for a WB technical assisted safety assurance investment. The rapid assessment was conducted in three dam projects (Victoria, Huruluwewa and Rajangana) and a trans-basin canal project (Hululuwewa Feeder Canal). The findings were presented through a technical report submitted to NAWAM project authorities. February-March,2006 Short-Term Consultant, International Relief and Development (Sri Lanka),USAID –Prepared a new lands and Agriculture Development Project proposal with an M&E Plan on modernization of irrigated agriculture for submission by IRD (Sri Lanka) to the US Department of Agriculture for future funding purposes. 2004 – Jan. 2006 Project Socio-Economist, Land Titling & Related Services Project (World Bank). Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Livestock Development. (a) Undertook a social assessment of land titling activities and gauging probable impacts, establishing a social impact monitoring parameters and indicators, (b) Undertook an assessment of project related empirical studies, (c) Planned the empirical research agenda and coordinated empirical research studies, (d) Developed a project quality control mechanism and a comprehensive overall stock-taking assessment of lessons learned. 2004, Jan. – Mar, Short-Term Specialist Consultant, OED/World Bank, Jointly undertook a Socio-economic and institutional rapid impact assessment of the World Bank funded National Irrigation Rehabilitation Project (NIRP) and the Third Mahaweli Ganga development Project, Sri Lanka. • OED-WB, June 1, 2004, Project Performance Assessment Report, SRI LANKA, National Irrigation Rehabilitation Project Report No. 29260 • OED_WB, June 28, 2004, Project Performance Report, SRI LANKA, Third Mahaweli Ganga Project, Report No. 29489 . 2003 Consultant on Project Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources and Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka. Undertook new project concept-building, Project proposal development for funding; Helped to coordinate land and production Implementation planning; Provided advice and technical assistance in benefit monitoring and farmer Institution building; Coordinated the development of the receiver Project Completion Report (PCR) for the World Bank funded Mahaweli Restructure and Rehabilitation Project 2000 – 2002 Institutional Development Specialist & Consultant on Monitoring and Evaluation, Mahaweli Consolidation Project (EU).Developed and coordinated implementation of the project monitoring system, and the farmer institution building and linkage development programme. Also undertook formulation of a post- project follow-up strategy including an impact monitoring mechanism. 2001 National Consultant, UNDP Common Country Assessment on Social Development. Developed the National Position Paper on Basic Needs Assurance through Land and Tenure Reforms, Social Welfare Nets and Special Protection Measures. 1999 – 2001 National Consultant, UN Programme on Sustainable Human Development, UNDP-Ministry of Social Services. Established on behalf of the Ministry a national monitoring mechanism on Social Development, including a set of national social development Indicators in line with Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development(1995). Assisted in developing a funding proposal to establish a National Data Base on Social Development. Undertook to develop a set of national level social development progress monitoring formats, coordinate their implementation and reporting and social impact research. 1990 – 2000 Director, Planning & Monitoring Unit , Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka. Co-ordinated all agricultural project planning , monitoring and evaluation undertakings on behalf of MASL; Extended and refined the prevailing programme monitoring system; Co-ordinated technical assistance/fund seeking proposal development ; Refined and expanded the Mahaweli Authority land and production data base; Modernised progress data presentation mechanism; Participated in all major planning /monitoring deliberations on the Mahaweli Restructure and Mahaweli River Basin Formation and undertook benchmark surveys and new project concept documents and presentation documents on downstream systems development including Uda Walawe Extension Area, Moragahakanda and Kaluganga feasibilities as well as concept documents on new transport and produce marketing linkages; Conducted land rights, production and farmer institutional development based studies. 1998 – 1999 National Consultant & Core Team Member, World Bank Group- NORAGRIC Participatory Pilot Study on Poverty in Sri Lanka. As a co-team member was responsible for research co-ordination and supervision of field research operations in 20 village locations in Sri Lanka. Also participated in data analysis and write-up. 1998 –2000 Member, Project Steering Committee and Project Implementation Unit, World Bank-GOSL Mahaweli Restructuring & Rehabilitation Project. Assisted in planning, monitoring and reviewing the implementation process. 1993 Member, Mission Team , GTZ-ODA Upper Mahaweli Watershed Management Project (UMWMP). As a team member provided a technical input for rapid reviewing the UMWMP to determine feasibility for further funding 1988 Member, UNDP Evaluation Mission, Mid-Term Evaluation of Mahaweli Project Monitoring Unit (PMU). As a team member undertook an evaluation of M&E objectives, structure and functions of the PMU & outlining the parameters for its future role in a changing MASL. 1987 - 1995 National Research Supervisor, Norwegian Centre for International Agricultural development ( NORAGRIC) International Research Programme. Collaborated in and supervised the empirical research Programme and analysis of findings. 1986 – 1988 National Research Supervisor in Farming Systems Research, University of Wageningen, Der Netherlands. Supervised teams of international graduate students on land tenure , production an social institutions based empirical studies in village based small irrigated agricultural systems and major state guided irrigated agricultural projects in the Dry Zone regions of Sri Lanka 1989 – 1990 Co-ordinator, ADB/ ARTI Monitoring & Evaluation Programme of the ADB funded Lunugamvehera Irrigated Settlement Project. Undertook * the development and implementation of the M&E programme for the Phase –2 of the Project [* on behalf of the Agrarian Research & Training Institute, Sri Lanka] 1989 Co-ordinator (ARTI), USAID-FAO-CIRDAP-GOSL National Monitoring and Evaluation Project . Inter-Agency collaboration was enlisted and coordinated for development of a common set of development indicators and to develop a national mechanism for monitoring and evaluating agrarian development 1987 – 1989 Co-ordinator (ARTI), ADB-Ministry of Agriculture Anuradhapura Dry Zone Agricultural Development Project (ADZAP). Established a monitoring and evaluation mechanism, with a set of nationally comparable indicators. Also planned for and co-ordinated a series of evaluation studies and a pre-project baseline, mid-project and post-project evaluations 1988 Member, Finland (FINNIDA)-Sri Lanka Joint Evaluation Mission on Kalutara Integrated Rural Development Project (KIRDP). Participated in the Mid-Term Evaluation of the Project. (1-month) 1987 National Representative of an Policy Action-Evaluation by an International Team of land policy makers, planners and researchers on Spontaneous Settlement in Frontier Lands Development, UN-HABITAT, Nairobi. As a team member collaborated in evaluating the nature of spontaneous settlement (movement objectives of spontaneous settlers, stress and adaptation, resource development strategies) (4 weeks) 1984- 1985 National Member & Co-ordinator, Sri Lanka, UNFPA-Ministry of Information Project on Developing a Village-Level Population Information Communication Flow Strategy. Management coordination and technical advice provided on charting formal and informal village level information communication flow networks , Sri Lanka. Series of village based information flow evaluation documents were developed ( 5 months). 1974-1990 Head, Agricultural Planning & Evaluation Division (1985-1990) & Senior Researcher, Land Economics & Land Settlement (Up to 1985), Agrarian Research & Training Institute. Responsibilities undertaken included Project Planning& coordination; Monitoring Mechanism Formulation & Implementation, Project evaluation and impact assessment, Conducting and Supervision of Agrarian Policy-oriented Research, In-depth village studies, Socio-economic baseline surveys, RRA and PRA based studies, Case studies, Life-line studies, Farmer Institution building and evaluations, Representation of the Institute in national and international agrarian policy deliberations. 7. Selected Publications • “ Policy Issues on the Proposed Amendments to the LDO, LG(SP) Act, Title Registration Act “ for consideration of National Policy Makers , Pathfinder Foundation, August, 2007. mimeo. • “A Tentative Exploration of Links between Land and Poverty through a Rights-based Approach”, Proceedings of the 6th Annual Symposium on Land and Poverty Research, Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), Series No.5, 2006 • “Persistent Poverty: Long-Run Evidence from the Mahaweli Multi-Purpose Irrigated settlement Project,”(Co-authored with John R. Heath, OED/WB) in Understanding the Impacts of Development Intervention on Poverty: The Role of Research, Proceedings of the 5th Annual Symposium on Poverty Research in Sri Lanka, Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), Series No.4, 2005 • “Sri Lanka’s Progress on Social Development”, National Social Development Progress Position Paper for the World Summit on Social Development, Geneva, June,2000 • ‘‘Mahaweli Settler Household Incomes: Trends, Determinants, Constraints and Choices,’’ in A.D.V. de S. Indraratna, (Ed.) A Quarter Century of Mahaweli: Retrospect and Prospect, National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka, February,1990. • “ Basic Needs Assurance Through Land & Tenure Reforms, Social Welfare Nets and Special Protection Measures in Sri Lanka,” Position Paper submitted to the UN Common Country Assessment (CCA) on Social Development, January, 2000 • “ The State-NGO Relationship: Rights, Interests and Accountability” in Hulme and Edwards, Too Close for Comfort: NGO, States and Donors, Macmillan Press Ltd. 1997 • Poverty Sector Programme Study: Janasaviya Programme, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka, November, 1996. • Informal Tenure Conditions in Irrigated Settlements of Sri Lanka: A Review of Empirical Research Evidence, LTC Paper 151, Land tenure Centre, University of Wisconsin, Madison, March, 1995 • Supplementary Study on Land Tenure Implications, ADB Participatory Rural Development Project: North Central Province, December, 1994 • “The Concept of Poverty,” Sri Lanka Journal of Agrarian Studies, Vol.1(1), 1993 • Distribution of Resource Endowments and Comparative Resource Distribution Advantages Among Provinces of Sri Lanka: A Preliminary View, UN Centre for Regional Development, Nagoya, Japan, 1993 • “ Rural Poverty in Sri Lanka: Priority Issues and Policy Measures”, Asian Development Review, ADB, Vol. 1(1), 1992, pp. 164 –198 (Co-Author) • An Impact Study of the Janasaviya National Poverty Alleviation Programme: First Round of the Implementation Programme, ARTI, 1990. • The Impact of Land Distribution and Tenure Structure on Poverty Among Small Farmers and Landless Poor in Rural Sri Lanka, Technical Report World Bank, Ministry o Housing and Local Government and Central Bank of Sri Lanka Jointly Sponsored Poverty Alleviation Project, January 1989 • “ Spontaneous Encroachments in Directed Irrigated Settlements: A Case of Economic Co-existence,” in Proceedings of Seminar on Irrigation Management and Agricultural Development in Sri Lanka, ARTI, Colombo, February, 1986 • “ Impacts of Land Reform on Alleviating Landlessness and Poverty in Sri Lanka, “in ILO-ARTEP Study on Rural Unemployment and Poverty in Asia, Macmillan Co., 1986 • Subsistence Maintenance and Agricultural Transformation on the Frontier in Sri Lanka: The Kaltota Irrigated Settlement Project, Ph.D. Thesis, Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1984. • The Country Review Paper on Land Reform and Agrarian Development for The World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, FAO-UNDP, Rome,1979 (Co-author) • “ The Impact of Recent Land Reforms on Village Economies: Case Studies of Selected Villages from the Wet Zone Regions of Sri Lanka,” in Proceedings of a Asia-Pacific Development Administration Centre (APDAC) Conference on Impacts of Land Reforms in Asia and the Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, 1979 8, Non-related Referees Mr. Nihal Fernando Senior Rural Development Specialist South Asia Agriculture and Rural Development, World Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh Ph. 880(0)28159001-28 E-mail: [email protected] Emeritus Prof. Thayer Scudder Global Specialist, Land Settlement 228-77 Caltech Pasadena California 91125, USA E-mail: [email protected] Prof. Norman T. Uphoff SRI-Rice// CIIFAD B75 Cornell University Ithaca NY 14853 USA E-mail: [email protected] 9. Certification: I, the undersigned, certify to the best of my knowledge and belief, this CV correctly describes myself, my qualifications, and my experience. I understand that any wilful misstatement described therein may lead to my disqualification or dismissal, if engaged. Sgd. R.D.Wanigaratne Date : 26 01____ 2014______ [Signature] Day / Month / Year
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