Blood and money
Article Abstract:
The civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers seems to be boosting the country's economy. The civil war naturally brings additional costs for the government, but some of these costs are met by a special defence levy. Most of the new recruits to the armed forces have come from the poorer parts of southern Sri Lanka, and their pay now helps to support their families. The conflict has created other sources of employment, and the country is also benefiting from remittances sent to the country by those who have fled.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1998
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A lost world
Article Abstract:
The Lanka Sama Samaja Party and the Communist Party of Sri Lanka will reunite. The two groups split in 1943 when communism was very popular in their nation. Even united the two parties now have little political influence.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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