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Item Economic Policy in Sri Lanka: Issues and Debates - A Festschrift in Honour of Gamini Corea(Sage, 2004, 2004) Kelegama, Saman (ed.)This volume of essays is dedicated to Gamnini Corea--one of the foremost Sri Lankan economists, both nationally and as internationally. Bringing together essays by 23 well-known Sri Lankan scholars, this comprehensive volume discusses the evolution of Sri Lanka's economic policies from 1977 onwards, the ideology governing this evolution, the debates on policy, and the key economic issues confronting contemporary Sri Lanka to which Gamani Corea made his own substantial contribution at one time or another.Item Ready-Made Garment Industry in Sri Lanka: Facing the Global Challenge(Institute of Policy Studies, 2004, 2004) Kelegama, Saman (ed.)The Sri Lanka garment industry has experienced phenomenal growth during the past twenty-five years and has emerged as a major sector of the economy in terms of its contribution to industrial production, foreign exchange earnings and employment generation. While the industry has been subject to much discussion and debate, there has not been any comprehensive publication regarding vital aspects of the industry. At a time when the garment industry is undergoing changes to face a challenging global environment particularly with the dismantling of the quota regime, this book highlights the key areas of the industry and fills the existing void in the literature. The book consists of a selection of essays written in recent years by eminent specialists in the field. Supported by extensive statistical data, the book includes research papers that cover vital areas of policy issues and concerns in the context of the Sri Lanka garment industry such as productivity, forward and backward linkages, the effects of new WTO Agreements, the emerging challenges of the global environment and possible impacts on the Sri Lankan garment industry.Item Economic and Social Development under a Market Economy Regime in Sri Lanka: Buddhadasa Hewavitharana Felicitation Volume II(Vijitha Yapa, 2012, 2012) Kelegama, Saman (ed.); Gunewardena, Dileni (ed.)This is the second volume of essays in honour of Professor Buddhadasa Hewavitharna, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Peradeniya and the Chairman of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka.Item South Asia After the Quota System: Impact of the MFA Phase-Out(Institute of Policy Studies in association with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2005, 2005) Kelegama, Saman (ed.)The quota system that was the basis of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), and which governed trade in textile and clothing (T&C) for the last four decades came to an end on 31 December 2004. The MFA artificially repressed the exports of competitive larger countries that had the capacity to supply T&C in large quantities like India and Pakistan in South Asia. At the same time, by providing a guaranteed market access, the MFA assisted several smaller countries in South Asia like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal to build up their export-oriented T&C sectors. The T&C sector gradually occupied a key position in these economies accounting for large foreign exchange earnings and generating a large number of jobs. The dawn of 2005 brought trade in T&C fully into the normal discipline of the WTO. Most studies have shown that the new regime will bring global welfare gains, but it is believed that the gains will be unevenly spread — smaller countries in South Asia will face an uphill task to reap the gains while the larger countries will gain without much difficulty. This book shows the preparatory work done by the South Asian countries for the quota phase-out period and measures taken by them to face the global challenge. It also highlights the new issues in global trade in the context of maintaining competitiveness of T&C of the South Asian region. The book consists of nine chapters which include five South Asian case studies (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal). It also covers new market access issues such as social protection, decent work, Generalized System of Preferences-Plus scheme, and many others.Item Tax Policy in Sri Lanka: Economic Perspectives(Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 2017) Kelegama, Saman (ed.)This is an in-depth study of the Sri Lanka taxation system, the historical factors relating to growth from colonial times, the different socio-economic strategies pursued by different governments and administrations, leading to relevant changes in fiscal and taxation policies and their results. It also deals with the current trends and perspectives in fiscal policy, taxation and the tax system including tax administration as well as its feasibility and problems in relation to developing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and incentives to draw in much needed FDI.Item Economic and Social Development under a Market Economy Regime in Sri Lanka: Buddhadasa Hewavitharana Felicitation Volume I(Vijitha Yapa, 2011, 2011) Kelegama, Saman (ed.); Gunewardena, Dileni (ed.)This Volume of essays is dedicated to Prof. Buddhadasa Hewavitharana, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Peradeniya and the current Chairman of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka. Professor Hewavitharana had an illustrious career and distinguished himself as a leading economist in Sri Lanka.