Annual Report 2005 - Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka

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IPS PublicationsPublications of 2005Phoenix from the Ashes? Economic Policy Challenges andOpportunities for Post-Tsunami Sri LankaEdited by Paul SteeleWorking Paper No. 7, April 2005This publication highlights the policy challenges, particularly the economicchallenges and opportunities presented by the devastating tsunami of 26December 2004. It reviews the relief phase, the need for equitable and pro-poorgrowth in tsunami affected areas, the importance of an accountable system to drivethe reconstruction process, strengthening the monetary and fiscal position after thetsunami and introducing scientific and cost effective disaster prevention. Thepublication highlights the importance of placing the tsunami in the broader debateover policy choices, of ensuring an equitable process to allocate funds, of ways to actively involve affectedpeople in the reconstruction, while not forgetting the needs of other poor groups such as conflict refugees. Forthe key issue of housing, it recommends greater dialogue by the authorities with beneficiaries over housedesign, land selection and criteria to allocate land.Sri Lanka ‘s National Accounts 1950 – 2002Terrence SavundranayagamMacroeconomic Policy Series No. 15, May 2005This publication fills a vacuum in the available estimates of National Accountsby presenting a long term comparable series of Gross National Product andGross National Expenditure measured at both current and constant prices. Thepublication has separate Chapters which analyse the effects of the ethnic conflict onthe National Accounts estimates and the trends in GNP growth, structural change,investment and savings during the period 1950-2002. The publication includes aStatistical Appendix of 47 tables which provides a comprehensive and comparableset of National Accounts data for the years 1950-2002.Input Output Tables for Sri Lanka - 2000D. Amarasinghe and Jayatilleke S. BandaraMacroeconomic Policy Series No. 16, June 2005Input-output (I-O) analysis has been popular among policy analysts for morethan six decades. The first I-O tables have been compiled for the year 1963. Thispublication by the IPS is a part of the IPS research programme on “Economy-WideModelling for Policy Analysis”, and presents a detailed Input-Output (I-O) tableand other associated tables (import matrix, direct coefficient matrix, and the Leontiefinverse) for Sri Lanka compiled for the year 2000. The main I-O table presents adetailed structure or the “snap-shot” of the Sri Lankan economy. After two decades,for the first time, the IPS is proud to release I-O tables for Sri Lanka with a detaileddocument on the procedures of compilation with an electronic version of I-O tables.44__________ Annual Report 2005
IPS Publications__Publications of 2005Labour Standards and International Trade: The Case of EU GSP Concessions to SriLankaBilesha WeeraratneWorking Paper Series No. 8, July 2005This publication analyses implications of deeper tariff concessions extendedto Sri Lanka under the Labour Arrangement of the European Union’s (EU)Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). The publication traces the labour-tradelinkage, and underscores the implications and issues of the GSP scheme in thecontext of the textile and apparel industry in Sri Lanka. The analysis of Sri Lanka‘stextile and apparel trade performance in EU sets the local industry in the context ofits competitors and evaluates implications of the tariff concessions for this industryunder two broad themes, namely- market access and image/branding. Someprominent issues addressed are EU GSP scheme’s rules of origin requirements, SriLanka’s low utilization of concession and underlying reasons.Regulatory Impact Assessment: A Tool for Better RegulatoryGovernance in Sri Lanka?Research Team led by Malathy-Knight JohnWorking Paper Series No. 9, August 2005Regulations – broadly understood in the sense of laws, regulations, orders andrules of all levels of government – have a key role to play in promotingeconomic growth and development. However, even as Sri Lanka has moved alongthe path of economic reforms, priority has not been given to implementing a wellstructured,“independent” regulatory mechanism in the country. Regulations haveoften been implemented that had unintended adverse impacts, did not realize theanticipated benefits, or that became unnecessarily burdensome. This publicationdescribes an international best practice tool for addressing such regulatory failures – Regulatory ImpactAssessment (RIA). It goes on to set out a suitable framework to implement RIA in Sri Lanka , taking account ofthe specific local context.Impact of Trade Liberalization on Poverty and Household Welfarein Sri LankaSanath Jayanetti and Ganga TilakaratnaPoverty and Social Welfare Series No. 6, September 2005This publication attempts to look at the impact of trade liberalization onpoverty and welfare of households, with a special focus on the rice and potatosectors of Sri Lanka. Both a descriptive approach (for rice and potato sectors) and ananalytical model (for the rice sector) are used in this regard. The publication alsoanalyses various trade policy reforms undertaken during the last decade, and theextent and nature of poverty in Sri Lanka It further stresses the need to eliminatead hoc trade policies and move towards a low uniform ad valorem tariff rate for riceand potato. Moreover, it highlights the importance of having both compensatory and complementary policiesto minimize the adverse effects of trade liberalization on households, particularly those which affect the poor.45__________ Annual Report 2005
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