Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) takes more of an integrated approach when compared to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). 

Friday, June 24, 2016 saw the global markets rumbling and initially seeing US $ 2 trillion dollars wiped off within hours

Today for Sri Lanka to attract investment, we all know we need good institutions favouring economic freedom and the ease of doing business, market size and labour costs. Political risk does not lead to significant differences in foreign direct invest

In an attempt to address the needs of the vulnerable communities in Sri Lanka that are impacted by adverse effects of climate change, Sri Lanka has submitted a proposal to the Green Climate Fund for climate finance. The funding requested has as its o

Minister Champika Ranawaka has praised the government’s economic agenda while launching his latest book, but called for greater transparency and consistency in policymaking.

Britain became the first country to vote to leave the European Union (EU), following a tense referendum and fierce campaigning on both sides. The final result saw the ‘Leave’ campaign win by a small

The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) following the referendum of Brexit –abbreviation of British exit

Last week we said you need to address a number of business issues when you are implementing a customer

It’s fashionable news - the inclusion of gender on the report card in the boardroom –from the board down to the senior management and of course down the ranks with the flow-down effect. But the actual results apparently don’t match

The plantations industry is a country within a country. Although the economies of scale in a plantation is much smaller compared to the size of operations in a country, a plantation has most of the features such as resident population, opportunities

Trade along the Ancient Silk Road can be traced back to historical times when land and sea routes between China

Asserting that they have big investments in the pipeline for Sri Lanka focused on skills for the tourism industry,

The Sri Lanka Economic Association (SLEA) released the latest issue of its flagship publication Sri Lanka Economic Journal (SLEJ) at a public forum held at the Economics Department of the University of Colombo on June 21. The SLEJ has evolved over th

Adam Smith in his ‘Wealth of Nations’ said this on monopolies (Page 450):  “This monopoly has so much increased the number of some particular tribes of them that, like an overgrown standing army, they have become formidable to

The Right to Information (RTI) Act currently being debated in the Parliament and scheduled to be taken up for voting on June 23, 2016 is long overdue. 

I could clearly see the transformation of London; returning after seven years, the evidence was everywhere. High-rise high-end apartment buildings dotting a new Docklands skyline; construction cranes across Zone 1 peering over the old city and shapin

Dudley Shelton Senanayake (June 19, 1911 – April 13, 1973) was the second Prime Minister of Ceylon

As impacts of climate change increase, Sri Lanka is also bearing their burden. Cyclone Roanu and the damage

Permission-based interaction is a relatively new term, which was coined and developed by the entrepreneur

We live in a strange world today. There seems to be no end to adhering to politically correct agendas that are

In view of the inflationary pressures and high import demand that arose from the easy money policy, the Central Bank

International Monitory Fund (IMF) in the recent study of Fiscal Monitor says that the global recovery is still 

China continues to dominate discussions about the health of the world economy. Many are concerned about China’s slowing growth and its ability to manage the difficult transition from a controlled economy dominated by manufacturing to a more ope

The United Nations marks today (June 15) as the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Abuse of older people is either an act of commission or of omission, which may be either intentional or unintentional. The abuse may be physical, psychological, financia

“Could a state hostage the central government’s decision especially affecting its foreign policy towards another nation? State can’t put pressure for the central government decisions. I am tired and like Muhammed Ali I will allow th

In today’s business environment, it is imperative to deliver high growth rates, profitability and increase

It has never been more imperative to address equality in the workplace. The case for equality in the workplace is backed by moral and social arguments and increasingly by business ones. 

The Central Bank has introduced a contractionary monetary policy stance recently so as to rectify the economic

There is a growing perception that the monetary policy is losing its power to solve the world’s economic problems. This may be misleading. What is probably true is that incremental policy easing is experiencing diminishing – and, possibly

The World Oceans Day is marked today, under the theme ‘Healthy oceans, healthy planet’; at a time Sri Lanka is striving to recover from a major natural disaster. While natural disasters cause sudden surges of ocean debris, taking tonnes o