2010: ‘Phenomenal Year’ for Corporates, but Shared Growth across Sri Lanka Remains a Challenge
> By Anushka Wijesinha (Research Officer) and Kithmina Hewage (Project Intern), IPS While hailing strong earnings in the post-war pick-up, the Sri Lankan private sector should be more cognizant of its role in spurring inclusive growth… The performance of the …
Accelerating Economic Growth in Sri Lanka
> Dr. Saman Kelegama, Executive Director – IPS, delivered the Dr. N.M. Perera’s 106th Birth Anniversary Memorial Lecture at the Dr. N.M. Perera Centre on the 6th of June 2011. (This synopsis appears exclusively in the Daily FT of Friday …
Role of the State in Socio-Economic Development: Some Issues to Consider for Sri Lanka
> by Malathy Knight (Research Fellow) & Anushka Wijesinha (Research Officer) – IPS ‘The Economist’ of March 19th 2011 carried an article titled “Taming Leviathan: A Special Report on the Future of the State” (http://www.economist.com/node/18359896). We draw on selected policy …
Demystifying Hawala/Undiyal – The Not So Dismal Science:[…] believed that informal fund transfer operations in Sri Lanka have expanded considerably due to the wide gap between the…