Annual sessions of Sri Lanka Economic Association (SLEA) on Oct 30-31
View(s):The Sri Lanka Economic Association is celebrating its 30th anniversary with its annual sessions to be held in Colombo on October 30-31.
This year the SLEA has chosen a theme of topical interest – ‘Policy Reforms for Sustained High Growth’. President Maithripala Sirisena will inaugurate the sessions while Dr. Harsha de Silva, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs will deliver the keynote address.
Four technical sessions will be held on October 31 on Domestic Resources and Increasing Debt, Productivity and Competitiveness, Enabling Environment and Foreign Direct Investment and Institutional and Regulatory Framework.
At the technical sessions eminent economists and important stakeholders will examine each sub theme systematically. Dr. Saman Kelegama will make a presentation on ‘Debt Financed Investments’ and Dr. Harsha Athurupana will speak on ‘Education Reforms for Development’.Prof. Ajith de Alwis and Dr. S. Ganeshamoorthy will present papers on ‘Innovation and Technology’ and ‘Policy Reforms and Incentives for Trade’. Prof. Siri Hettige and W.A. Wijewardene will speak on ‘Political Stability and Social Integration’ and ‘Good Governance and Political Leadership’ respectively. ‘Effective Public Institutions and Regulatory Framework’ under the broad sub theme of ‘Institutional and Regulatory Framework’ respectively will be addressed by Damitha Kumarasinghe and Dr. Bandula Perera.
A special feature this year will be three presentations by Prof. Yoshitaka Kawagoshi, Prof. Shiro Takeda and Prof. Hitoshi Osaka representing three Universities in Japan, presenting Japan’s experience relating to the key sub themes of the Sessions.