Investing in Infrastructure : Harnessing its Potential for Growth in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka achieved middle-income-country status in January 2010, on the strenght of of the economic growth fueled by the liberalization policy introduced in the late 1970s and pursued albeit unevenly in the following years. To continue growing, however, Sri Lanka needs to pay attention to its much n...
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Table of Contents:
- C1; C2; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Notes; References; Introduction; Notes; Reference; Chapter 1 Economic Growth and Structural Change: The Role of Infrastructure; Background; Table 1.1 Sri Lanka Compared to Other Middle-Income Island Nations; Tables; Achieving Short- to Medium-Term Economic Growth: The Role of Infrastructure; Table 1.2 Investment Needs, Including Operation and Maintenance Costs per Year by Sector, 2010-20; Figure 1.1 High-Technology Exports as a Share of Manufactured Exports, 2001-10; Figures.
- Figure 1.2 Ease of Doing Business, 2011 (by rank)Achieving Medium- to Long-Term Economic Growth: The Role of Infrastructure; Figure 1.3 Sectoral Shares in GDP, 1980-2011; Figure 1.4 Infrastructure, Agglomerations, and Urbanization; Concluding Remarks; Table 1.3 Summary of Challenges and Suggested Solutions by Sector or Issue; Notes; References; Chapter 2 The Hub Concept, Competitive Export, and Dynamic Cities as Drivers of High Economic Growth; Trade and Logistics; Figure 2.1 International Trade Centre's Trade Map Framework Applied to Sri Lanka Manufacturing.
- Table 2.1 Priority Sectors Based on Government PrioritiesTable 2.2 Sector Prioritization Screening; Table 2.3 Difference in the Growth Rates of Modern and Traditional Services; Table 2.4 Comparison of Telecommunications Infrastructure; Table 2.5 Components of Logistics Performance Index, 2010 and 2012; Figure 2.2 Snapshot of the State of Urbanization, Selected Countries, 1960; Urbanization; Figure 2.3 Snapshot of the State of Urbanization, Selected Countries, 2011; Map 2.1 National Physical Structure Plan for 2020; Maps; Notes; References.
- Chapter 3 Infrastructure Constraints and Investment NeedsMap 3.1 Relative Poverty and Access to Selected Infrastructure Services in Sri Lanka; Transport; Table 3.1 Condition of the Core National Road Network According to the International Roughness Index (IRI), 2011; Table 3.2 Summary of Annual Railway Operational Details, 2004-09; Table 3.3 Railways Operational Expenditure, Income, and Subsidies, 2005-11; Figure 3.1 Share of Passenger-Kilometers, by Mode, 1958-2007; Table 3.4 Estimated Transport Investment Needs under Lower-Bound Scenario, 2011-20.
- Figure 3.2 Share of Electrified Households, 1996-2006Table 3.5 Gross Generation to the Grid, 1980-2010; Table 3.6 Investment Requirements with 10 Percent NCRE Target, 2011-20; Table 3.7 Population Access to Water and Sanitation Services, 2009-10; Water and Sanitation; Figure 3.3 Current Improved Water and Sanitation Access and Future Population Targets; Table 3.8 Cost of the Service Gap, 2011-20; Solid Waste; Figure 3.4 Share of Municipal Solid Waste Collected 2007 and GDP 2011; Table 3.9 Cost of the Service Gap, 2015 and 2020; Telecommunications.