Lanka's development dilemmas

WHEN I was told by Dr. Kelegama, that the subject of today's seminar would be "Poverty and Economic Policy", I had a strange feeling that it was a job description of a Minister of Finance in a developing country. That is because the subject is of utmost importance to developing countries and I am most grateful that you have decided to hold this conference in Sri Lanka at a time when considerable attention is being paid to our antipoverty programmes.

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