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The Sri Lanka Economic Association will be holding its 2016 Annual Sessions on October 21 and 22, at Hotel Taj Samudra, Colombo-1.
The theme of this year’s Annual Sessions is “Fiscal Reforms: An imperative for sustained growth”. The Inaugural Session on October 21 will be followed by four Technical Sessions on October 22.
10 academic papers on issues falling under the following four Sub-themes will be presented at the Technical Sessions.
Session-I
PRESENT SCENARIO AND THE WAY FORWARD
Present Fiscal Policy and Status- Mr.K.M.M.Siriwardana
Resource gap and revenue mobilization- Dr.PriyangaDunusinghe
Session-II
PUBLIC DEBT AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT
Is there a debt crisis or not?-Dr.DushiniWeerakon
Resource gap and public investment- Prof.SirimevanColambage
Public debt sustainability- Prof. Frank Westermann
Session-III
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR INVESTMENT
Enabling environment for the domestic private investor- Dr.Shan Fernando
Good Governance for FDI- Mr.MalrajKiriella
FDI Trends in Asia including Sri Lanka- Prof. Deepak Sable-Sonambekar
Session-IV
NATIONAL POLICES AND TRADE IMPERATIVES
Strengthening of national policies- Dr.RaviRatnayake
Enhancing productivity and export competitiveness- Prof. Sunil Chandrasiri
Details and Application for Registration are obtainable from the SLEA website or by visiting / calling SLEA office at OPA Center.