Some of the recent assignments undertaken and completed by IPID are as follows:

• Social Assessments in the Buffer Zone Communities around Wasgomuwa, Peak Wilderness, Horton Plains, Bundala, Ritigala, Flood Plains, Minneriya and Uda Walawe Protected Areas to assess the nature of the interaction between the buffer zone communities and the protected areas.
  
  
• Moderation of the Asian Consultative Workshop on Biodiversity in Development Project (EC/DFID/IUCN) held in Dambulla, Sri Lanka from 26-30 July 1999
  
  
• Moderation of the Global Consultative Workshop on Biodiversity in Development Project (EC/DFID/IUCN) held in Brussels in January 2000.
  
  
• Social Appraisals of Community Forestry Projects, Commercial Forestry Projects and Rehabilitation of Degraded Forests implemented with support from the Asian Development Bank
  
  
• Impact Assessments of Natural Resource Management initiated by the International Resource Group on Natural Resource Management
  
  
• Development of a Strategic Plan for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants in Sri Lanka, a Project implemented by the Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medicine and IUCN with financial support from the World Bank.
  
  
• Participatory Research on Human Insecurity and Small Arms Sri Lanka, Study Coordinated by the Small Arms Survey (SAS) of the International Institute for Graduate Studies, Geneva and the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo
  
  
• Impact on Poverty and Gender of Rural Electrification Programs in Sri Lanka, Marge, Ruefortuniere, France under contract to the World Bank,  October 2001
  
  
•  Training Needs Assessment - Community Managed Rehabilitation of Minor Irrigation Schemes in Sri Lanka for the World Food Programme in 2000-2001 
  
  
• Assessment of Socio- Economic Impact and Benefit Assessment of the   Kirindi-Oya Irrigation and Settlement Project carried out for the Asian Development Bank and preparation of Report based on the Study in 2000-2001
  
  
• Comprehensive Study on Irrigation Sector in Mahaweli System ‘C’ - Special Assistance for Project Sustainability - Japanese Bank for International Co-operation (RRA Field Study Component for SANYU Consultants Inc.) in 2002
  
  
• Moderation of the REGIONAL RETREAT ON MIGRATION STRATEGY (Support to Development of an Effective Response to HIV Epidemic in the Countries of South Asia - Project RAS / 97 / 602 ) 2002
  
  
• Extension of the Coverage of Social Security to the Excluded and the Poor, Study Commissioned by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Colombo, January 2003
  
• HIV/AIDS Social Assessment Study in Sri Lanka, commissioned by WHO / World Bank, 2003 / 2004
  
  
• The Quality of Women’s Reproductive Health Services in Sri Lanka, commissioned by the World Bank, 2004
  
  
• Social Impact Assessment of Internally Displaced Persons in the District Of Vavuniya,  commissioned by the World Bank, July 2004
  
  
• National Study on Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health, commissioned by Plan International Sri Lanka, 2004 / 2005 
  
  
• Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of Sri Lanka Land Policy Reform, A Stakeholder Analysis and Ownership Risk Assessment, commissioned by the World Bank,  2005  
  
  
• Facilitation of Participatory Livelihood Development Needs Assessments in selected villages in Hambantota, Ampara and Baticaloa Districts for the FAO, 2005