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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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK RISKS EMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION SHARED PROSPERITY POVERTY REDUCTION FISCAL TRENDS TRADE PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE INFORMAL SECTOR EXPORTS
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

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spelling	okr-10986-299272021-06-14T10:04:42Z Sri Lanka Development Update, June 2018 : More and Better Jobs for an Upper Middle-Income Country World Bank ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK RISKS EMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION SHARED PROSPERITY POVERTY REDUCTION FISCAL TRENDS TRADE PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE INFORMAL SECTOR EXPORTS 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. 2018-06-27T16:10:47Z 2018-06-27T16:10:47Z 2018-06 Report 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 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work South Asia Sri Lanka
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topic	ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK RISKS EMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION SHARED PROSPERITY POVERTY REDUCTION FISCAL TRENDS TRADE PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE INFORMAL SECTOR EXPORTS
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description	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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title	Sri Lanka Development Update, June 2018 : More and Better Jobs for an Upper Middle-Income Country
title_short	Sri Lanka Development Update, June 2018 : More and Better Jobs for an Upper Middle-Income Country
title_full	Sri Lanka Development Update, June 2018 : More and Better Jobs for an Upper Middle-Income Country
title_fullStr	Sri Lanka Development Update, June 2018 : More and Better Jobs for an Upper Middle-Income Country
title_full_unstemmed	Sri Lanka Development Update, June 2018 : More and Better Jobs for an Upper Middle-Income Country
title_sort	sri lanka development update, june 2018 : more and better jobs for an upper middle-income country
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	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
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Sri Lanka Development Update, June 2018 : More and Better Jobs for an Upper Middle-Income Country

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