This personal database is mostly based on two years’ field data in Sri Lanka, mainly including local scholars’ works, interview materials, reports of official/non-governmental research institutions, photocopies of parliamentary debate records, local academic journals and magazines, official statistics, and treasured archives, etc. It covers five major topics, namely conflict resolution, ethnic relations, national and local elections, investment and economic growth, political parties and governance, with most literature in English and some in Sinhala.