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Item The Impact of Privatization on Distributional Equity: The Case of Sri Lanka(Routledge, 1995) Kelegama, SamanThis paper will analyse the Sri Lankan experience within the framework outlined by Ramanadham (1993) in the working paper titled ‘The impact of privatization on distributional equity’. Since the data available on certain areas pertaining to distribution are inadequate, it is not possible to attempt a comprehensive study. Thus some areas of the study are of a descriptive nature and provide information for more analytical and comprehensive studies in the future.Item Privatization in Sri Lanka: An Overview(Routledge, 1997) Kelegama, SamanItem The Second Wave of Liberalisation in Sri Lanka: 1989-1993 Reform and Governance(McMillan, 1999) Dunham, David; Kelegama, SamanItem Economic Costs of Conflict in Sri Lanka(World Peace Foundation and Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Brookings Institution Press, 1999) Kelegama, Saman'Sri Lanka’s long civil war has exacted an enormous economic cost in terms of lost productivity, lost investment and misallocated resources, resulting in a lower standard of living than would have been possible in a peacetime setting. Although ethnic conflict had taken place for several years, it became a burden on the economy only after 1983, when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) commenced a guerrilla war against the state. For convenience of reference it is called the Ealam War (I, II and III). Eelam War I started in 1983 and continued until 1987 when the Indian Peace Keeping Force established itself in commanding positions in the north and the east. With the collapse of peace talks initiated in early 1990, Eelam War II started in June 1990 and continued until December 1994. Eelam War Ill, which commenced in mid-April 1995, continues to date. This chapter analyzes the economic aspects of the war, with special reference to Eelam wars I and II.Item SAPTA and its Future(Sage, 1999) Kelegama, SamanThe chapter first gives the background to SAPTA and then examines the impediments to the progress of SAPTA and the validity of the Preferential Trade assumption for South Asia. It also examines the international experience with preferential trading agreements. Finally chapter looks at policy options for more effective economic cooperation among SAARC countries.Item Globalization: A South Asian Perspective(SAWTEE, 2000) Kelegama, SamanItem Food Security in Sri Lanka(Hector Kobbekaduwa Trust, 2000) Kelegama, SamanThe approach to food security in Sri Lanka and the changing nature of policy are discussed in this book chapter. It does not intend to discuss food security from a dietary or nutritional perspective but from a more overall macro and micro economic perspective.Item South Asia and Other Regional Economic Groupings(Konark, 2001) Kelegama, SamanItem Agenda Presented by the Bretton Woods Institutions and Food Security in South Asia(SAWTEE, 2001) Kelegama, SamanInstitutions like FAO focus mainly on global food security while various regional blocs focus on their regional food security. The Bretton Woods institutions focus on national food security, but the focus is mostly at the macro-level. The approach of Bretton Woods institutions in addressing the food security issues at the macro level is based very much on trade policy and finding market-based solutions in the rural economies. Little importance is given to the non-level playing field that exists in global agricultural trade and it is assumed that the comparative advantage doctrine determined by trade policy can ensure food security at the household level if other domestic distortions are removed. This chapter examines this line of argument in more detail.Item Garment Industry in Sri Lanka(South Asia Multidisciplinary Advisory Team, ILO, 2002) Kelegama, Saman; Eparachchi, RoshanItem Sri Lanka(World Bank, 2003, 2003) Kelegama, SamanItem Political Economy of Growth and Reforms in South Asia(Oxford University Press, 2003) Kelegama, Saman; Parikh, Kirit S.Item Managing the Sri Lankan Economy at a Time of Terrorism and War(Shipra Publications, 2003) Kelegama, SamanItem How to Advance SAFTA(South Asia Centre for Policy Studies, Centre for Policy Dialogue and University Press, 2004) Kelegama, SamanItem Trade in Textiles and Apparel in South Asia(Centre for Trade and Development, 2005) Kelegama, Saman; Weeraratne, BileshaThis chapter provides an overview of Textile and Apparel (T&A) trade in South Asia and analyses the implications of the end of the Agreement of Textile and Clothing and future of the T&A trade. The analysis focuses on Sri Lanka and excludes Bhutan due to the unavailability of data while the Maldives and Nepal are of relatively low significance in South Asia’s T&A Trade.Item WTO and Regional Trade Arrangements(Konark Publishers, 2005, 2005) Kelegama, SamanItem Market Reform, Diversification, and Food Security in Sri Lanka(Haworth Press, 2005) Kelegama, Saman; Babu, Suresh ChandraThe major objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of the issues and challenges facing Sri Lankan policy makers in their efforts to introduce market reforms, liberalize external trade and diversify the agricultural production base.Item An Overview of Sri Lanka's Trading Regime at the Regional, Bilateral and Multilateral Levels(Sri Lanka Economic Association, 2006, 2006) Kelegama, SamanSri Lanka’s trade policy for global integration has four tracks – unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral. This chapter provides a broad picture of Sri Lanka’s trade scenarios from the perspective of these tracks of trade liberalisation.Item Transformation of a Conflict using an Economic Dividend: Sri Lanka Experience(Lancer Publishers, 2006) Kelegama, SamanItem Overview(Centad, 2007, 2006) Kelegama, Saman; Chimni, B.S.; Das, B.L.; Rahman, MustafizurProvides an overview of each chapter in the volume.