The Ombudsman and state sector rejuvenation
The Ombudsman was created in 1978 by the Second
Republic Constitution. For an entire island Sri Lanka has just one
Ombudsman with just 15 staff and no branch offices to cater to
grievances against Public Sector officials. Empowering the Ombudsman
who has authority given by legislature to address grievances and
allowing the public to participate in the exercise of curbing
corruption would certainly lead to a better state apparatus when the
state employees realize that the public have a place to freely lodge
their grievances against public officials and assurance that actions
against these officers will be taken and publicly highlighted,
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IMF sees ‘downside’ risks to Asia from euro crisis
The IMF lowered its forecasts for Asian growth
and warned in a report Thursday that the region faces downside risks
due to worries over the eurozone debt crisis and a slowdown in the
United States. In its twice-yearly Asia and Pacific Regional
Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund warned that risks
for the region are ‘decidedly tilted to the downside.’
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Find the time to smell the roses...
There’s a lot more to the world than what we see
every day. We are used to one world view, conditioned by habit and
familiarity that we forget to see the world in all its glorious
colour and potential. Yes, you can find the time to smell the roses.
Yes, you can find the time to watch a kite fly into the sky, freely
in flight. The secret lies in making an effort to do that, rather
than merely going through the motions as we have been conditioned
into doing,
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