Sri Lanka Development Update, June 2018 : More and Better Jobs for an Upper Middle-Income Country
Recent policy measures have contributed to macroeconomic stability. However, with significant risks stemming from both domestic and external fronts, the balance of risks is tilted towards downside. To sustain growth, create more and better jobs and...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/279731530015106560/Sri-Lanka-development-update-more-and-better-jobs-for-an-upper-middle-income-country http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29927 |
| Summary: | Recent policy measures have contributed
to macroeconomic stability. However, with significant risks
stemming from both domestic and external fronts, the balance
of risks is tilted towards downside. To sustain growth,
create more and better jobs and reduce poverty Sri Lanka
needs to implement and sustain structural reforms to improve
competitiveness. This Special Focus section looks at the
state of jobs and the job creation challenge in Sri Lanka
compared to the South Asian Region and zooms in on labor
force participation of women and in Sri Lanka’s
post-conflict areas. |
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