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Export processing zones in Sri Lanka : economic impact and social issues.

J, Abeywardene; R, De Alwis; A, Jayasena; S, Jayaweera - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1994

The objectives of this study are to review the characteristics of EPZs and their influence on economic growth, export performance and employment in Sri Lanka. Working conditions and labour relations within the zones, with special reference to the situation of women workers, will also be...

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Economic reforms, regional integration and labour market in the SAARC region

Panchamukhi, Vadiraj Raghawendracharya; Upendra Das, R - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1999

Discusses the impact of structural transformation in the industrial sector and regional integration on labour market issues in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

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Flexible Trade Policies in Agriculture Sectors of Developing Countries: Proposing a Technical Approach for Sri Lanka

Herath, Anura - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

After two decades of liberalized economic policies together with early accession to WTO, Sri Lanka could not achieve the exp ected fast economic growth. Agriculture growth in particular fell sharply. WTO Doha round expects a deeper liberalization. Instead, we will benefit more from being a...

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Sri Lanka's Trade Policy: Reverting to Dirigisme?

Athukorala, Prema-chandra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012

This paper surveys recent development in Sri Lankan trade policy, with an emphasis on emerging protectionist tendencies, using Sri Lankaâ€™s Trade Policy Review (2010) by the World Trade Organization as a reference point. The Sri Lankan experience for over the three decades following the...

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Globalization, Policy Reforms and Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Evidence from Sri Lanka

Bandara, Yapa M.W.Y.; Karunaratne, Neil D. - In: Global Business Review 14 (2013) 3, pp. 429-451

Sri Lankaâ€™s economic policy strategies radically moved away from inward-looking import-substituting industrialization to outward-looking export-oriented industrialization (EOI) in 1977. The EOI strategy was implemented through a broad agenda of reforms including trade liberalization,...

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Sri Lanka's Post-conflict Development Challenge: Learning from the Past

Athukorala, Prema-chandra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014

The end of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009 generated widespread expectations of a period of sustained economic growth, building on the achievements of the liberalisation reforms sustained over three previous decades. However, recent developments have dampened that optimism, rekindling...

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The cluster-based development strategy in Kazakhstan's agro-food sector: A critical assessment from an Austrian perspective

Wandel, Jürgen - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2010

This paper challenges the uselfullness of the cluster-based development strategy to diversify and increase the competitiveness of Kazakhstan's economy, regarding the case of the country's agro-food sector. For this it refers to insights of the Austrian Market Process Theory. It is argued that...

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Deciding about (de-)centralization of industrial policy: Delegation by a central authority vs. bargaining of regional governments

Morasch, Karl - Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und … - 2003

Die europäische Kommission ist primärer Träger der Industriepolitik in der europäischen Union. Industriepolitische … Industriepolitik besser von einem zentralen Träger durchgeführt wird, der Spillovers internalisiert, oder von den regionalen … Industriepolitik regional oder durch eine zentrale Instanz durchgeführt werden soll. Interessanterweise schneidet bei Verhandlungen mit …

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Effects of government policies on the incentives to invest, enterprise behaviour and employment: a study of mexico's economic reforms in the eighties.

J, Ros - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1991

Covers the period from the 1980s to 1990.

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Política industrial e defesa da concorrência: considerações sobre a experiência brasileira nos anos 90

Farina, Elizabeth M. M. Q.; Azevedo, Paulo Furquim de - In: Economia 2 (2001) 2, pp. 513-547

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