The vast majority of the world s poorest households depend on farming for their livelihoods.
During the 1960s and 1970s, most developing countries imposed pro-urban and anti …

This paper provides an interpretative survey of the economic policy and performance of the
Sri Lankan economy during the postindependence era, with a focus on the sources of the …

The link between trade liberalisation and poverty has become one of the most debated
topics in recent years. There is a growing body of empirical literature on this topic and many …

This paper analyses the change in fertilizer subsidy policy in Sri Lanka with a view to
understand its impact on national rice production, demand/supply of inputs, farm profit and …

ABSTRACT In 1977 Sri Lanka was the first of the South Asian countries to decisively move
away from the protectionist import-substitution trade policies that for many years had …

This study analyses asymmetry in price transmission between wholesale and retail rice
markets in Sri Lanka, using the threshold autoregressive model. We found that the …

The Philippine government has a number of policy interventions in the domestic rice market
aimed at promoting national food security. This paper examines the economy-wide and food …

For many years after their independence the trade policies of the South Asian countries
were inward-looking and highly interventionist. 1 Trade liberalization started in Sri Lanka …

Sri Lanka is well-known in development economic literature for its commendable progress in
social indicators. This article chronicles the food policies implemented by the successive …

The rash of corporate collapses, fraud, and corrupt activities seen all around the world in
recent years has not only provoked criticism of accountants, but also prompted researchers …