Improving Sri Lanka’s Business Environment: It’s not so difficult

Abstract

In his budget speech, Finance Minister, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka “aims at gaining a ranking among the top 10 countries in Asia Pacific in the Doing Business Index (DBI).” This Insight finds constructive means to achieve this goal, describing them as a three-step corrective action programme: (1) plug the leaks; (2) pick the low hanging fruit; and (3) prioritise the weakest link.