SLEA calls for registration for Annual Sessions 2016

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The Sri Lanka Economic Association will be holding its 2016 Annual Sessions on October 21 and 22, at Hotel Taj Samudra, Colombo-1.

The theme of this year’s Annual Sessions is “Fiscal Reforms: An imperative for sustained growth”. The Inaugural Session on October 21 will be followed by four Technical Sessions on October 22.

10 academic papers on issues falling under the following four Sub-themes will be presented at the Technical Sessions.

Session-I

PRESENT SCENARIO AND THE WAY FORWARD

Present Fiscal Policy and Status- Mr.K.M.M.Siriwardana

Resource gap and revenue mobilization- Dr.PriyangaDunusinghe

Session-II

PUBLIC DEBT AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT

Is there a debt crisis or not?-Dr.DushiniWeerakon

Resource gap and public investment- Prof.SirimevanColambage

Public debt sustainability- Prof. Frank Westermann

Session-III

ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR INVESTMENT

Enabling environment for the domestic private investor- Dr.Shan Fernando

Good Governance for FDI- Mr.MalrajKiriella

FDI Trends in Asia including Sri Lanka- Prof. Deepak Sable-Sonambekar

Session-IV

NATIONAL POLICES AND TRADE IMPERATIVES

Strengthening of national policies- Dr.RaviRatnayake

Enhancing productivity and export competitiveness- Prof. Sunil Chandrasiri

Details and Application for Registration are obtainable from the SLEA website or by visiting / calling SLEA office at OPA Center.