The Pathfinder Foundation in collaboration with Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), a reputed Indian Economic Research Organization has formulated a proposal to undertake a study on “Indo-Sri Lanka Economic Relations : 2005 – 2025”. The Proposal has just been forwarded to a funding agency, which is expected to make a decision within the coming week. If the proposal is approved, the output will include seven research papers, two envisioning exercises i.e. one in Chennai and other in Colombo. The study is expected to take about 12 months.
Joint Study on Indo-Sri Lanka Economic Relations
Rationale
The overarching problem in Sri Lanka is the lack of people who have the capacity and commitment to engage in informed discussions on the critical issues facing the country. The lack of an informed discourse is particularly debilitating in the area of economic reforms in general, and education, infrastructure and trade reforms in particular.
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