An Application of Sector Programming Techniques to Sri Lanka

This paper reports the results of the application of sector programming techniques for the identification of sectors and projects for promotion by private enterprise. The Industrial Policy Statement (1981) declares that Sri Lanka will foster a mixed-economy. It reserves capital goods and basic industries for state enterprise and the remaining industries for private enterprise. In this paper we provide a set of techniques to identify the projects and sectors that qualify for private sector investment in the context of a mixed-economy