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World IT spending to top US $ 1.6 trillion:
Sri Lanka to benefit
The major proportion of the world’s IT spending
for 2011 will be acquired by emerging countries around the world.
Sri Lanka, being an attractive destination for service investments
in the world will play an enabling role in its journey towards the
knowledge economy while gaining a considerable share of IT spending
in the world.
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‘Corporate education plays integral role’
Ramani Kangaraarachchi
Organizations with a strategic approach to
corporate education that invest in the learning and skills
development of their employees find their investment increases over
time. Delivering the key note speech at the fifth International
Research Conference on Management and Finance 2010, Malaysia’s
Mangement and Science University Dean Prof Dr. Ali Khatibi said that
corporate education can also play an integral role in succession
planning, leadership development and building organizational
capability and capacity. It will also facilitate innovation programs
to generate new products and services and identify new markets and
customers.
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South Asian migrant workers play key role
South Asia is a major labour exporting region.
There are five million transient South Asian workers in the Middle
East, who play a key role in transmitting remittances to the region.
Migration and the resulting remittances play a fairly large role in
the economies of South Asia. Remittances make a large contribution
to the level of GDP in these countries and stimulate many macro and
micro-economic benefits, Institute of Policy Studies Sri Lanka
Executive Director Dr Saman Kelegama said.
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