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Item Examination of Priority Export Products and Identification of New Export Products for Development and Promotion in Sri Lanka(1993) Kelegama, Saman; Wignaraja, GaneshanItem Labour Absorption in Industries: Some Observations from the Sri Lankan Experience(1992) Kelegama, Saman; Wignaraja, GaneshanEleven years have passed since liberalization began in Sri Lanka, and yet the level of unemployment remains at about the same level as in mid-1977. Even if the export industries take time to respond to policy reforms, the fact that unemployment increased to pre-1977 levels by 1985 clearly shows that export-oriented industrialization has not been able to generate employment on a large scale. Why has this been the case? This paper attempts to answer this question by examining the labour-absorptive capacity of manufacturing and how it has changed after liberalization.Item Examination of Priority Export Products and Identification of New Export Products for Development and Promotion in Sri Lanka(1993) Kelegama, Saman; Wignaraja, GaneshanThe main objective of this study is to rank the priority export products list identified by the EDB according to the criteria: high labour intensity; high local resource intensity, high market potential, and high supply potential. The ranking exercise was done through using Non-Parametric Methods of Statistical Theory. The study also aims to identify new products that could be developed on the basis of exports made by countries that have/had similar initial conditions as that of Sri Lanka, and on the basis of imports demanded by major markets in the world.