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Publication Date: April 2003
Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research
Author(s): Debayani Kar
Research Area: Economics
Keywords: Life expectancy; Literacy; GDP per capita
Type: Report
Coverage: Sri Lanka
Abstract:
This paper shows that Sri Lanka has achieved substantial economic progress over the prior two decades -- in spite of pursuing very different policies than those described in the government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (recently submitted to the IMF and World Bank).