Browsing by Author "Siripala, Nimal"

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    Application of quantitative tools for planing: The case of Sri lanka
    (1998-02) Siripala, Nimal
    In 1947 the Finance Minister of then Ceylon, presented the country's first development plan covering six years 1947 to 1953. Since then till 1977, the country has had another six years investment programme, a ten year plan, a five year plan and several implementation plans of one years duration. Immediately after the 1977 change of Government the idea of planing was discredited but the attitude did not last long and circumstance need for better economic management had created a demand for some type of planing. Thus concept of roiling plan was adopted instead of fixed period planning.
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    Social accounting matrix for Sri Lanka : proposed household classification
    (1986-12) Siripala, Nimal
    This paper supplements the IPS working paper (initial draft) no.02 which discusses the issue related to the classification of main blocks of the SAM. As it was indicated in the previous paper the importance of the classification of household is higher compared with other classifications.because the requirement is to analys the living standard of the different household groups and the effect of production structure on households and to see the link between the household groups with the other institutions pattern of transfer effect on income distribution