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  1. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Sri Lanka

    The issue of regional differences in
    development has moved to the center of the development
    debate in Sri Lanka, partly after the release of regional
    poverty data. For the past many years, there have been
    significant and increasing differences between the Western
    province and the rest of the country in terms of per capita
    income levels, growth rates of per capita income, poverty
    rates, and the structure of provincial economies. The

  2. Library Resource
    December, 2012
    Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka's country vision is to
    become a global hub between the East and the West and an
    upper middle-income country by 2016. Sri Lanka's urban
    vision, as defined in the government's development
    policy framework is to develop a system of competitive,
    environmentally sustainable, well-linked cities clustered in
    five metro regions and nine metro cities and to provide
    every family with affordable and adequate urban shelter by

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    March, 2012
    Sri Lanka

    Taking advantage of a historical quasi-experiment in Sri Lanka, this paper provides evidence on the effects of land market restrictions on wages and its spatial pattern. The empirical specification is derived from a general equilibrium model that predicts that the adverse effects of land market restrictions on wages will be less in remote locations. For identification, the study exploits the effects of historical malaria prevalence on the incidence of land restrictions through its effects on "crown land".

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