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Why Does Sri Lanka Claim it Has Less Capacity Than Least Developed Countries for Trade Facilitation?
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-06-22)Higher costs and time resulting from opaque, complex, time consuming, manual export and and import procedures discourage businesses from engaging in international trade and undermine their international competitiveness. ... -
Why Tracking the IMF Programme Implementation is of Public Interest
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-05-25)As Sri Lanka enters its 17th International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, a critical question remains. Will the country break from the past patterns of inconsistency and failure in following the plan it lays out with the ... -
Zoned Out: Export Ambitions Hindered by Land Limitations
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-10-12)The experiences of East Asian and Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, show that foreign direct investment (FDI) into export-oriented sectors is critical to accelerate growth in manufactured ...