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Budget Speech 2016: Towards an Innovation Driven Social Market Economy

Author : Karunanayake, Ravi

Publisher: Ministry of Finance

Place of Publish: Sri Lanka, Colombo

Year: 2016

Page Numbers: 399

Acc. No: 4857

Class No: 339.5 BUD-SL

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Adult Education

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English’ Sinhala’ Tamil

The text of the 2016 Annual Budget Speech highlights challenges and proposed changes to the Sri Lankan economy in the coming year. The speech discusses the challenge of growing debt and budget deficit, and proposes some solutions to revitalize the economy. Educational reforms, reforms to encourage women's participation in the economy, how to account for a changing demographic, and some more detailed changes to industry are proposed.