Economic policy in Sri Lanka: Issues and debates/ Saman Kelegama

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Growth of Manufactured Exports and Terms of Trade: Pessimism Confounded; The Influence of Development Ideology in Macroeconomic Policy Reform Process; The Lessons of National Planning; Understanding Reforms: 1960-2000; The Importance of the Public Sector in Economic and Social Development; Current Fiscal Policy; Public Debt: Institutional Issues; Exchange Rate; Agricultural Development: Controversial Issues; Industrial Policy; Technology Development: Key Issues in Productivity; Labour Productivity Growth and Employment Generation. Youth Unemployment: An Exploratory StudyMigration and Brain Drain; Economic Liberalization and Institutional Reform; Consumer Affairs Authority Act in the Overall Context of Competition Policy; Privatization and Regulation; Banking Sector Reform; The Colonial Lineages of the Welfare State; Overview of the Health Sector; Public Investment in Education: Conceptual Foundations; Poverty Alleviation; Biographical Scetch of Gamani Corea; Ab.