Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara

Researcher

Dimuthu leads the statistical analysis component of LIRNEasia’s five-country telecom user study Teleuse@BOP, which looks at the use of telecom services among low income earners in India, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand. His research also includes studying the potential of ICTs to reduce transaction costs in the agricultural value chain; he also works with LIRNEasia’s Lead Economist, Harsha de Silva (Ph.D.) on the Govi Gnana Seva (Farmer Knowledge Service) project, a unique ICT for development project aiming to reduce information asymmetries in the agricultural sector of Sri Lanka. Dimuthu is also a member of the team developing a decentralized database for collection of accurate ICT statistics with incentive-based participation facilities to stimulate cooperation amongst regional regulators. Among his other tasks, Dimuthu assists the Lead Economist in his activities, including analysis work, presentation, etc.

He has a BSc (First Class) in Computer Science and Statistics from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and is a passed finalist of CIMA (UK).

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