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    • Why Does Sri Lanka Claim it Has Less Capacity Than Least Developed Countries for Trade Facilitation? 

      Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha (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 

      de Mel, Nishan; Rajkulendran, Raj Prabu (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 

      Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha (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 ...