Reacting to an increasingly assertive China, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has looked to expand his country’s influence in the Indo-Pacific. Trips to Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives in January 2018 culminated in Abe and Sri Lankan Pre

Thomson Reuters Foundation: On the surface, Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo looks like any other fast-growing South Asian city, with buildings stretching as far as the eye can see and skyscrapers rearing up along its coast.

Everyone wants definitive answers or the ‘the truth’. This is especially the case in the investment world, where people are vying to make correct predictions about the future. We all prefer to listen to people who appear confident about t

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet recently voted to introduce standard or plain packaging to tobacco products with the objective of reducing the appeal of smoking. Australia and the United Kingdom are two countrie

The media in Sri Lanka has often misrepresented the cigarette industry and cigarette taxes in favour of the monopoly producer Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC). In June 2017, Verité Research (VR) published an Insight titled ‘Who’s respo

Many advanced nations from Singapore to the US have open policies that allow people to migrate easily, bringing knowledge and skills to transform economies and create new jobs, a top Harvard economist said.

It was good news for the country on Monday when China approved a US $ 1 billion loan to revive a long-delayed expressway in central Sri Lanka. The construction of the first phase of the road linking the capital Colombo with the hill resort of Kandy h

I would like to thank Derrick Olsen for the kind introduction and thank WorldOregon for hosting this wonderful event today. 

The financial sector is under increasing pressure from many stakeholders to manage the regulatory compliance and the associated risk more effectively. With the advent of the Basel lll regime, as well as the restrictions laid down by the regulators, t

The world is experiencing an unprecedented demographic transition – it is getting older. By 2025, 26 percent of the global population will be at least 65 years old.

The high cost of securing employment abroad is a barrier to cross-border labour mobility for low-skilled workers in developing countries. The migration cost is distributed among many stakeholders in the migration value chain. 

Over a period of time, with proliferation of internal operational data and external data banks, risk analysts, market intelligence, rating analytics and other agencies aiding risk management evolve innovative tools in banks to develop more robust res

Despite all the negative rhetoric about trade agreements, trade arrangements encourage the free flow of goods and services between the members. These agreements, which can be bilateral or multilateral, reduce or eliminate trade barriers such as tarif

The relative abundance and modular nature of solar and wind are driving the shift to renewables. Multiple trends are driving the transformation of global energy systems. One of them is electricity networks, including “the digitization of everyt

Recently, I visited one of the most visited national parks in India, famed for its vast number of flora and fauna, the Bandhavgarh National Park. It is one of the most popular national parks in India, located in the Umaria District of Madhya Pradesh.

Leaders often can encounter ‘information overload’ in their work. They know the importance of measuring results but can find themselves faced with an overwhelming hodgepodge of numbers rather than a simpler and more focused set of data th

When it comes to risk, here’s a reality check: All investments carry some degree of risk. Stocks, bonds, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds can lose value, even all their value, if market 

Nearly 70 percent of the world’s poor live in rural areas and rely on agriculture for their livelihood. Target 2.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producer

In 2015, 193 countries adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an overarching policy roadmap through 2030. These goals are predicated on the idea that for a sustainable future, economic growth must go hand-in-hand with social inclusion

It is an established fact that the real estate industry makes an important contribution to the economy of a country and to the welfare of its people.

To begin, after the financial crisis, the regulators and funds came up with a new bunch of new governance structures and rules that they wanted their companies to practise and adopt. This new governance regime brought about new challenges for the cha

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has advanced its ‘Act East’ policy, an upgraded version of the 1990s ‘Look East’ policy. This new approach encompasses a more robust political and security engagement

The term “demand destruction” is again entering the lexicon of the current crude oil market as the sharp rise in prices raises concerns about when do consumers start cutting back on their fuel consumption.

Many people use strategies and tactics interchangeably but anyone with military experience can tell you they’re different. Senior management usually define strategies, while middle managers and those who execute employ tactics. 

When people in Asia Pacific want to buy a pair of shoes, book a holiday abroad or catch up with friends and family, they turn to social media.

Mid-January 2018 marked the second anniversary of the founding of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) but many are still debating whether it will be any different from the existing multilateral development banks like the World B

Prof. Dave Ulrich is the Rensis Likert Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. Prof. Ulrich has published over 25 books and has been ranked the #1 Management Educator and Guru by Business Week and named the most influential

A book titled ‘Economic Policy in Sri Lanka – Issues and Debates’, edited by Dr. Saman Kelegama, was published by the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka in 2004.  This book has 22 chapters in the volume, which are divided

Lack of English proficiency is a key constraint affecting the employability of the Sri Lankan graduates in the private sector, according to a recent Labour Demand Survey conducted by the Census and Statistics Department.

Many people use strategies and tactics interchangeably but anyone with military experience can tell you they’re different. The senior management usually defines strategies, while the middle managers and those who execute employ tactics.