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CB’s
economic and social statistics booklet
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has just released its annual publication
titled “Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2005 –
Volume XXVII”.
This volume of 173 pages contains 175 Statistical Tables and 12
Charts contains detailed time series data on various socio-economic
variables covering Climate, Population and Labour Force, National
Accounts, Agriculture, Industry, Prices and Wages, External Trade
and Finance, Money and Capital Markets, Government Finance, Banking
and Financial Institutions, Transportation, and Socio-Economic Services.
It has been updated with the latest information on living conditions
in Sri Lanka from the Consumer Finances and Socio-Economic Survey
2003/04 conducted by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The publication
has also been expanded to provide disaggregated information at the
provincial level on key economic variables, including socio economic
conditions, GDP in current terms, agriculture and livestock statistics,
water consumption, foreign employment, and plantation sector manpower
and production.
This
volume also presents a set of world tables on Consumer Prices, Consumption,
Investment, GDP, External Trade, Foreign Reserves, Human Development
Indices and other comparative socio-economic statistics for many
countries, particularly those in the Asan region. The publication
contains a wide range of the most recent socio-economic data that
would be useful to and of current interest to researchers, students,
teachers, policy makers and the general public.
The
publication is available at the Publication Sales Counter of the
Department of Information, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, 58, Sri Jayewardenepura
Mawatha, Rajagiriya and Regional Offices of the Central Bank in
Matara, Matale and Anuradhapura and leading book shops in Colombo.
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