Sri Lanka, Oct. 8 -- 'We must move beyond viewing rural communities merely as beneficiaries of development programmes and recognise them as partners, innovators and drivers of development,' Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya said.
Amarasuriya who was the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Innovations in Rural Development and the CIRDAP Knowledge Circuit Dialogue on October 7, said technological advancements have had, and continue to have, a significant impact on rural communities, transforming the digital landscape and bringing significant changes to areas such as transport and connectivity, stressing the importance of ensuring that communities who have been left behind also benefit from these transf...