Sri Lanka Development Update, February 2019 : Demographic Change in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is facing a challenging macroeconomic landscape. The post-conflict high growth momentum has decelerated. A volatile global environment and structurally weak competitiveness continue to weaken growth and external sector performance. High interest costs mask limited fiscal improvement. Wh...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FISCAL TRENDS MONETARY POLICY POVERTY REDUCTION DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES RISKS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION DEMOGRAPHICS DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL AGING LABOR MARKET DEBT BURDEN
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31261

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spelling	okr-10986-312612021-05-25T09:43:30Z Sri Lanka Development Update, February 2019 : Demographic Change in Sri Lanka World Bank ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FISCAL TRENDS MONETARY POLICY POVERTY REDUCTION DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES RISKS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION DEMOGRAPHICS DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL AGING LABOR MARKET DEBT BURDEN Sri Lanka is facing a challenging macroeconomic landscape. The post-conflict high growth momentum has decelerated. A volatile global environment and structurally weak competitiveness continue to weaken growth and external sector performance. High interest costs mask limited fiscal improvement. While outlook remains stable conditional on political stability and reform implementation, the balance of risks is downward tilted. The country is vulnerable to global financial market conditions due to large refinancing requirements. Although some important reforms were carried out, the process has slowed down due to a challenging political environment. 2019-02-11T21:01:31Z 2019-02-11T21:01:31Z 2019-02-13 Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31261 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work South Asia Sri Lanka
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topic	ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FISCAL TRENDS MONETARY POLICY POVERTY REDUCTION DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES RISKS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION DEMOGRAPHICS DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL AGING LABOR MARKET DEBT BURDEN
spellingShingle	ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FISCAL TRENDS MONETARY POLICY POVERTY REDUCTION DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES RISKS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION DEMOGRAPHICS DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL AGING LABOR MARKET DEBT BURDEN World Bank Sri Lanka Development Update, February 2019 : Demographic Change in Sri Lanka
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description	Sri Lanka is facing a challenging macroeconomic landscape. The post-conflict high growth momentum has decelerated. A volatile global environment and structurally weak competitiveness continue to weaken growth and external sector performance. High interest costs mask limited fiscal improvement. While outlook remains stable conditional on political stability and reform implementation, the balance of risks is downward tilted. The country is vulnerable to global financial market conditions due to large refinancing requirements. Although some important reforms were carried out, the process has slowed down due to a challenging political environment.
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title	Sri Lanka Development Update, February 2019 : Demographic Change in Sri Lanka
title_short	Sri Lanka Development Update, February 2019 : Demographic Change in Sri Lanka
title_full	Sri Lanka Development Update, February 2019 : Demographic Change in Sri Lanka
title_fullStr	Sri Lanka Development Update, February 2019 : Demographic Change in Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed	Sri Lanka Development Update, February 2019 : Demographic Change in Sri Lanka
title_sort	sri lanka development update, february 2019 : demographic change in sri lanka
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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Sri Lanka Development Update, February 2019 : Demographic Change in Sri Lanka

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