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Transport Sector Driving Economic Activity in Sri Lanka: Opportunities and Challenges

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  • T. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan

    (T. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka. Email: tlgun@econ.cmb.ac.lk)

  • D. Harshanee W. Jayasekera

Abstract

An expectation to double the per capita income in five years through a sustained GDP growth rate of 9 per cent could only hold ground under very favourable economic conditions. On the one hand, this projected acceleration of economic activity, if practically realized, would demand a substantial amount of investment expenditure which could cause a widening of resource gap leading the economy into a debt trap. On the other hand, if the service sector including the transport sector could not augment to meet up the investments and expected output expansions, the targeted growth itself could be at risk. Neither scenario would be favourable. A way out of this apparent impasse is to increase investment productivity—by way of being observant in capital spending and improving the trickle-down effect of investment expenditure against mere capital accumulation.

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  • T. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan & D. Harshanee W. Jayasekera, 2012. "Transport Sector Driving Economic Activity in Sri Lanka: Opportunities and Challenges," South Asia Economic Journal, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, vol. 13(2), pages 291-311, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:soueco:v:13:y:2012:i:2:p:291-311
    DOI: 10.1177/1391561412457279
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    JEL classification:

    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
    • L91 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Transportation: General
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • R4 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics

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