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Improving Lankan Women’s Access to Economic Opportunities: The Business Case
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-03-30)
As we in Sri Lanka explore the pathways out of the current crisis, it is imperative that we acknowledge the mammoth contributions that women make to the economy, hidden and unpaid, and seriously consider how to improve ...
Backwards in Blacklisting: Enabling Corruption in Procurement
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-11-23)
Failure to tackle corruption is a key factor that contributed to the economic crisis the country is faced with today. Taking concrete steps to reduce corruption, therefore, is critical to recover from the current crisis ...
ETCA With India: Time to Shift Focus From Market Integration to Supply Chain Integration
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-04-27)
This article looks at; 1) what are global supply chains and why do they matter; 2) how new trade deals are focusing more on supply chain resilience than market access; 3) how current trade deals with India are focused on ...
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. ...