What are the national priorities to be reflected in the 2017 federal budget?
Sri Lanka has developed a variety of distinct economic sectors, which are capable of further integrating the country’s economy into the global value chain. The digital economy, tourism and commercial agriculture are coming of age in terms of their potential to offer high-value skills and remuneration to young jobseekers in the country.
Positioned between west and east Asia, Sri Lanka sits on major maritime route between Europe and the Far East and its natural resources have made it a trading centre for millennia. As the country’s economy has liberalised and grown in recent decades, its trade volumes to developed markets and emerging ones have risen strongly. The country has...
How can Sri Lanka work more closely with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in coordinating regional security?
Which sectors could offer the highest return and lead to sustainable growth in the country?
After decades in which Sri Lanka underperformed in its substantial potential as a foreign direct investment (FDI) destination, there is a growing sense that change is afoot that will allow the country to make up for lost time. In January 2016 Malik Samarawickrama, the minister of development strategies and international trade, told the global...
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