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    Economic Challenges of Post Tsunami Reconstruction: Sri Lanka Country Study
    (Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 2007-01) Jayasuriya, Sisira; Weerakoon, Dushni; Arunatilake, Nisha; Steele, Paul
    The aim of this study is to contribute to the discussions and debates on appropriate policies for the medium term reconstruction effort by providing an analysis of some of the priority issues emerging from Sri Lanka’s own experience of the posttsunami reconstruction and rehabilitation phase. To this end, the study also involved a survey of affected households in an attempt to obtain a broader understanding of the perceptions of the recovery process from the grass-root level.
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    Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Integration in the SAARC Region
    (2013-09-05) Jayasuriya, Sisira; Weerakoon, Dushni
    This paper reports on an initial exploration of issues, documenting the nature of intra-SAARC investment flows, and presenting the results of some preliminary investigations of the emerging trade and investment linkages within the SAARC, with particular attention to India-Sri Lanka links.
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    Monetary Cooperation in South Asia
    (2013-09-05) Jayasuriya, Sisira; Weerakoon, Dushni; Kurukulasuriya, Shalini; Maskay, Nephil M.; Khatiwada, Yuba Raj
    This study reports on the first stage of a research programme into issues of monetary cooperation in South Asia. It describes the main features of the South Asian economies, their recent policy evolution and trends in economic performance. It then examines the patterns of shocks in South Asia using econometric/statistical tools to determine if SAARC countries are candidates for a currency union by conventional OCA criteria. Report also discusses the nature of shocks and historical patterns of policy across countries. Finally it presents the overall conclusions of the study and discusses the main research tasks identified for the next stage.
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