Sri Lanka: Selected Issues

Publication Date:

December 3, 2007

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This Selected Issues paper on Sri Lanka underlies the dynamics of growth and external competitiveness. The slowdown in the contribution of sectors that are labor intensive, together with faster growth in sectors that are capital intensive and have higher productivity levels, resulted in total factor productivity (TFP) as the main contributor to growth. Sri Lanka’s strong growth performance has brought positive benefits to the economy and has benefited from a high quality labor force. The labor productivity is low by regional standards and the internal terms of trade are skewed toward the nontraded sector.

Series:

Country Report No. 2007/374

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

December 3, 2007

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451823592/1934-7685

Stock No:

1LKAEA2007002

Pages:

50

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