2014 has been a good year reveals LMD-TNS poll

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An LMD-commissioned poll conducted by TNS Lanka offers the people’s perspective on “Sri Lanka’s performance in 2014,” the leading business magazine states, and “highlights the socio-economic progress achieved by a nation looking to move beyond the ghosts of war”.

The magazine in its December 2014 issue reports that “the people are largely of the view that Sri Lanka achieved satisfactory progress on the economic front, with 60% of those polled in the latest TNS Lanka nationwide survey commenting to that effect. An equally enthusiastic number of respondents (66%) claim that measures aimed at national reconciliation saw the light of day in 2014.” A notable 59% of the sample population also offer their backing to Sri Lanka’s business houses, LMD notes, “which according to them, thrived during the year – the growth in SMEs and support extended to the Samurdhi sector proved to be key in this regard.” A spokesman for the magazine says: “Those who took part in this year-end survey feel that overall there’s been development in the country. A majority also feel that there’s been economic stability. The ongoing infrastructure development program has also caught the people’s imagination, according the survey findings.”