Abstract On the whole‚ this paper gives an analysis on the impact of globalization on Sri Lanka and further examines the industrialization experience in Sri Lanka following the market-oriented policy transformation instigated in 1977‚ while emphasizing on the establishment of trade Policies including Foreign-Direct-Investments (FDI). Moreover‚ this paper recognizes that policy alterations have positively played a key role in converting a primary-product-exporting economy to an economy which manufactures
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IMaCS Research & Analytics TRAVEL AND TOURISM September 2011 Prepared by Industry Report on Sri Lanka And i Contacts: W Don Barnabas‚ Managing Director/CEO ICRA Lanka Limited‚ #10-02‚ East Tower‚ World Trade Center‚ Colombo 01‚ Sri Lanka Telephone: +94 11 4339907 Mobile: + 94 773417517 Fax: +94 11 2333307 Email: wdbarnabas@icralanka.com www.icralanka.com V Sriram Chief General Manager ICRA Management Consulting Services Limited India Telephone: +91 44 4596 4329
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Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean‚ also often called the “The Pearl of the Indian Ocean”. Tourism in Sri Lanka has had its ups and downs. Such things like the civil war is now over‚ but for the past thirty years that the war was ongoing‚ a lot of people feared to travel to Sri Lanka and the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami . But despite all these events‚ the tourism in Sri Lanka is still one of the major profit generating industries. Sri Lanka may be a small island‚ but it has a
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Causes of Conflict in Sri Lanka : Citizenship rights In 1948‚ Sri Lanka granted citizenship to those who were either born there in Sri Lanka or those fathers and grandfathers were born there. As a result‚ many Indian Tamils found themselves stateless. Though India tried to solve the problems‚ many Indian Tamils continued to stay stateless in the 1980s.In 2003‚ Sri Lanka passed the Grant of Citizenship to the person of origin Bill-Citizenship was given to any person or descendants of Indian
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Sri Lanka after thirty years of war; the achievements so far and the challengers ahead For nearly three decades‚ Sri Lanka has been scarred by a bitter civil war driven by ethnic tensions. In May 2009‚ the Government of Sri Lanka announced a decisive military victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or Tamil Tigers). The war claimed thousands of deaths and tensions between ethnic groups remain high. If left to simmer below the surface‚ these tensions could threaten the fragile
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of using tourism as a tool to develop post war Sri Lanka Table of Content Introduction Page No: Introduction 03 Main Body 04 Conclusion 13 Introduction In countries like Maldives‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore and Spain‚ tourism and related recreation activities play a significant role in the generation of income / foreign exchange and provision of employment opportunities. In fact‚ in the global context this industry is identified as the single largest economic contributor
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1. Introduction Sri Lanka’s development policies are being reoriented under the stewardship of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Government‚ aimed at acceleration of economic growth with special consideration given to pro-poor growth strategies. The development strategy consolidates positive elements of the policies followed over the past two decades and revisits the weaknesses‚ limitations and lapses in past policies in order to ensure equitable development in the country. As stated in
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of the conflict in Sri Lanka. In 1950s‚ the Tamils made peaceful demands for tamail areas to be recognized as a federation. In 1976s‚ Tamils asked for a separated independent state of tamail ealam. However‚ the government rejected the idea. Angry and dissatisfied tamail youths decided to resort to violence to demand for their rights and they formed LTTE. As they believe violence is the only way to fight for their rights. This results armed conflict between the government forces and tamail tigers.
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Inflation Management through the Interest Rate Channel in Sri Lanka 1. Introduction Monetary policy comprises the rules and actions adopted by the central banks to achieve their objectives. In most countries the primary objective of the monetary policy is price stability. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has two core objectives: (1) maintaining price and economic stability and (2) maintaining financial system stability (Central Bank of Sri Lanka 2012‚ ‘About the Bank’‚ para. 1). To attain the objective
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profitable investments. Sri Lanka is not a country that’s usually mentioned when discussing investments abroad‚ but the fact is‚ there are several countries that have seen the true potential of Sri Lanka as an Investment‚ have seized the opportunity‚ and are now reaping the benefits. There are significant American‚ British‚ German and Scandinavian Investments in Sri Lanka‚ as well as some Investments form Korea‚ Australia and Singapore. Some of the weaknesses and risks related to a Sri Lankan investment
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