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Table
of Contents
- Policy Perspectives
- Macroeconomic Performance
- Introduction
- Output Growth
- Employment and Unemployment
- Investment and Savings
- Fiscal Policy and Public Debt
- Revenue and Expenditure
- Public Debt
- Inflation and Monetary Developments
- Share Market Developments
- The External Sector
- External Debt
- Exchange Rate Movements
- Conclusion
- International Environment
- Introduction
- Trends in the Global Economy
- Output Growth
- Commodity Markets and Inflation
- Financial Markets and Capital Flows
- International Trade
- Post Cancun Stalemate
- Implications for Sri Lanka
- Conclusion
- Land Policy in Sri Lanka
- Introduction
- Land Availability
- Changes in Land Utilization
- Forest Land Use
- Agricultural Land Use
- Increase in Homesteads
- Change in Urban Land Use
- Policy Framework
- Land Markets
- Allocation and Transfer of Land Among Users
and Uses
- Property Rights, Tenure Security and Land Rental
Markets
- Sales Markets
- Co-existence of Traditional Markets and Intervention
Policies
- Efficiency
- Equity
- Inter-temporal Efficiency and Conservation
- Illegal Utilization of Land
- Illegal Utilization of Land
- Externalities
- Fragmentation/Consolidation
- Transaction Cost
- Disputes and Social Conflicts
- Property Rights
- Summary and Policy Implications
- National Education Policy: A Review
- Introduction
- Content of Education
- Instruments of Delivery
- Management of Delivery
- Equity of Access
- Approaches to Financing
- Adequacy of Funds
- Distribution of Funds
- Policy Implications
- Formulation and Implementation of Reform Agenda
- Social Security Benefit Schemes in Sri Lanka
- Introduction
- Social Security: The Sri Lankan Context
- Origin and Development of Policies
- Income Profile of the Elderly in Sri Lanka
- Evaluation of Current Schemes
- Coverage of Existing Schemes
- Adequacy of Retirement Income
- Fiscal Implications
- Investment Performance
- Social Security Provision for Migrant Workers
- Conclusion and Policy Implications
- Achieving MDGs in Sri Lanka: Current Status,
Trends and Challenges
- Introduction
- MDGs: Goals, Targets and Indicators
- Goal 1: Eradicating Extreme Poverty and Hunger
- Poverty
- Hunger and Child Malnutrition
- Goal 2: Achieving Universal Primary Education
- Goal 3: Promoting Gender Equality
- Goal 4: Reducing Child Mortality
- Goal 5: Improving Maternal Health
- Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases
- HIV/AIDS
- Malaria
- Tuberculosis
- Goal 7: Ensuring Environmental Sustainability
- MDGs in Sri Lanka: A Comparison with South Asian
Countries
- Issues and Challenges
- Regulatory Impact Assessment: Opportunities
and Challenges in Sri Lanka
- Introduction
- RIA: An Overview
- Why RIA?
- Adopting RIA in Sri Lanka
- Regulation in Sri Lanka
- Challenges and Options
- Natural Resources in Sri Lanka: Growth, Poverty
Reduction and Environmental Protection
- Introduction
- Natural Resources: Growth, Poverty and Politics
- Water
- Forestry
- Protected Areas
- Sand Mining
- Fisheries
- Conclusion and Recommendations
- Open Skies Policy for Sri Lanka?
- Introduction
- Regulation of International Air Services
- Sri Lanka’s Aviation Policy
- Sri Lanka’s Aviation Industry
- Policy Options for Liberalization
- Unilateral Liberalization
- Reciprocal Bilateral Liberalization
- Plurilateral
- Multilateral
- Conclusion
- Monopolies and Mergers and Acquisitions Legislation:
Policy Options for Sri Lanka
- Introduction
- Competition Policy: Why, for Whom and How?
- M&M Policy Issues
- Sri Lanka’s Experience with Monopoly and
M&As Policy
- M&M Policy for Sri Lanka: Does it Need One?
- Small and Medium Scale Authority and International
Practices
- Introduction
- Present Institutional Support System for SMEs in
Sri Lanka
- Small and Medium Enterprise Authority
- International Practices
- Conclusion
- US-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement: Can It Help
the Apparel Sector?
- Introduction
- US Textile and Apparel Industry
- Sri Lanka T&A Industry
- Benefits of a US-Sri Lanka FTA
- FTA Options Available to Sri Lanka
- Challenges Ahead and Conclusion
- Threat from China for the Apparel Industry:
Mirage and the Reality
- Introduction
- China’s Dominance
- Challenges to China’s Dominance in the Apparel
Trade
- Threat and the Reality
- Conclusion
- Anti-dumping Legislation: To Have or Not?
- Anti-dumping Duties: Definition and Design
- Arguments in Favour of Anti-dumping
- Antidote to Predatory Pricing
- ‘Sanctuary Market’ Argument
- Stop Disruption of Sporadic Dumping
- Protecting Specific Communities
- The Case Against
- Traditional Benefits of Unilateral Trade Liberalization
- Resource Constraints
- Devil in the Details
- Safeguards Option
- The Path Ahead for Sri Lanka
- Prospects
- Diary of Events
- Appendix A: Macroeconomic Indicators
- Appendix B: Capital Market
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