Prerequisites for making Sri Lanka a hub: Telecom
Feb 08, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to become a "Naval, Aviation, Commercial, Energy and Knowledge hub." What can telecom contribute to the achievement of this …
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Policy choices in Sri Lanka. Five years. What next?
Jan 28, 2010 (LBO) - The first Choices column (link) was published on the 11th of February 2005. The decision to take time from an already overloaded schedule …
Sri Lanka debate over inflation: rice price crisis
Jan 06, 2010 (LBO) - Rice, the staple food of Sri Lankans, is in short supply and its price is on the increase. At retail shops, many popular varieties of rice …
Choices: Dividend or danger?
Jan 04, 2010 (LBO) - Welcomed the New Year in Dhaka. In Bangladesh, one cannot not think about population. Outside the city states, Bangladesh has the …
Sri Lanka’s debate over inflation 2: The folly of price cuts
Dec 03, 2009 (LBO) - In a bid to relieve the public of rising cost of living, the Government has reduced the import duties of ten leading food items and …
e Sri Lanka: Promise realized?
Dec 02, 2009 (LBO) - 2009 has been year of celebration for the ICT Agency, the entity created to implement the e Sri Lanka program. The capping event is the …
Sri Lanka’s debate over the inflation rate 01
Nov 19, 2009 (LBO) - Inflation is considered public enemy number one when a country is not at war. Since Sri Lanka’s 30 year old war is now over, there …
Waste disposal in Sri Lanka: User fees or kappam?
Nov 10, 2009 (LBO) - In the bad old days, when Sri Lanka Telecom/Department of Telecommunications was the sole supplier/regulator/policy maker, one had to make …
Sri Lanka’s strategic and economic policies: Walk the talk?
Nov 02, 2009 (LBO) - One of the grave dangers of the Great Recession and the Jobless Recoveries in various countries is the resurgence of protectionism and …
Maldives going under water: new look at a doomsday story
Oct 19, 2009 (LBO) - A great deal of fear has been expressed by many that on one fine day in the future the Maldives will be submerged by rising sea levels …
Great recession: Danger or opportunity for Sri Lanka?
Oct 12, 2009 (LBO) - It is worth discussing the assessment of a Nobel Laureate of the Great Recession and its implications for Sri Lanka. Michael Spence, who …
When law and economics do not understand each other
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Sri Lanka airport taxis: A paradise of rent-seekers
Sept 22, 2009 (LBO) - Rent-seeking, the use of one’s time, knowledge and efforts to earn an income which is not directly contributory to the national …
Sri Lanka Public Interest Litigation: “Fraud unravels all”
Sept 18, 2009 (LBO) - "Fraud unravels all". online pharmacy buy cymbalta with best prices today in the USA This was a central claim made by Mr K. …
Who’s afraid of mobile phones?
Aug 24, 2009 (LBO) - The past few weeks have been bad for mobiles and modernity. In Sri Lanka, a girl commits suicide using a school tie. In response, mobiles …
Lessons for Sri Lanka; one man’s mistake is another man’s profit
Aug 07, 2009 (LBO) - At this social function in Male, capital of Maldives, everyone was sipping soft drinks, coke, fanta, soda and what not. In this Islamic …
Sri Lanka: Small miracle or big miracle?
Aug 06, 2009 (LBO) - So after much effort we decided to get rid of the inane “Land Like No Other” tagline and launch the new brand “Small Miracle.” …
Ideas: Make Sri Lanka’s North and the East special economic zones
June 29, 2009 (LBO) - Massive investment is needed in the North and the East to allow these war-torn regions to catch up with the progress they missed because …
Economics of War (and also peace)
June 3, 2009 (LBO) - Wars have always been fought with one objective. That is to take forced possession of economically valuable assets belonging to the enemy. …
Ideas to win the war: Give phones to Sri Lanka IDPs
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