Singapore model, what lessons it has for Sri Lanka: Dr. Razeen Sally speaks

Dr. Razeen Sally

When discussing Asia’s economic success, economists always look at Singapore as a role model to develop nations and create wealth. A strong set of policies, with discipline and direction has taken the island nation known as a city state to great heights as it completes 50 years of independence in 2015.

Post conflict Sri Lanka too is thriving to develop as a regional hub in many aspects. The infamous middle-income trap is discussed at many intellectual forums as the country needs strategy to avoid this situation. The economic models and ideologies that Sri Lanka should be moving towards in the next decade is being debated, it will be a challenge to policy makers to make the country in the correct direction. 

Dr. Sally will discuss possible lessons that Sri Lanka can take from Singapore in developing the country with a fresh set of reforms that would possibly help the country navigate whilst facing a weak global economy at the same time which is also highly competitive.

Razeen Sally is a Director of European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), which he co-founded in 2006. He is an Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore from January 2012. He was on the faculty of the London School of Economics for 18 years, where he also received his PhD. He has held adjunct teaching, research and advisory positions at universities and think tanks in the USA, Europe, Africa and Asia. He is on the Global Agenda Council for Competitiveness of the World Economic Forum and was awarded the Hayek Medal by the Hayek Society in Germany in 2011. He is also a member of the Mont Pelerine Society.

The lecture organised by the Shippers’ Academy Colombo will be held on 3 August at the Kingsbury, Victorian from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. and interested parties could register by contacting the Shippers’ Academy Colombo on 0113560844 or 0773820703 and via email to [email protected].

Register online at www.shippersacademy.lk.