Articles by Bank Officers - 2007 / 2008

07.11.2008

The Relevance of Monetary Law Act and Banking Act for Financial System Stability
Dr.(Mrs.) Ranee Jayamaha, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

08.08.2008
Prosperity index for Sri Lanka
Mr. S. Somapala, Director, Statistics Department, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
25.08.2008

To have or not to have CEPA with India
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

18.08.2008
Economics of Love Phones: It’s the Cheapest Alternative
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
28.07.2008
Economics of despotism: they too have a support base
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
28.07.2008

Carbon footprint or methane footprint?
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

28.07.2008

Who is the scarier monster? Global warming or global cooling?
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

28.07.2008
The fanfare about water driven motor cars
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
15.07.2008
Should the fuel prices be raised or not?
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
10.07.2008
Use a polythene bag and save a tree!
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
30.06.2008
Like a minimum national wage? Then forget about employment growth
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
23.06.2008
Angry at corruption? Then, reduce big government
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
09.06.2008

A second green revolution: need of the day
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

09.06.2008

To or not to become a net rice exporter
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

23.05.2008
Fertiliser subsidy: does it help increase output?
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
23.05.2008

The crisis in the rice market: have world’s governments over-reacted?
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

30.04.2008
Where has all the income of banks gone?
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
23.04.2008
The Need for a New Version of Corporate Governance for Promotion of Risk Management in Banks
Mr. P. Samarasiri, Assistant Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
23.04,2008

Should the middleman be eliminated?
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

11.04.2008
Inflation Targeting – Is it a theoretical framework or practical framework for Monetary Policy?
Mr. P Samarasiri, Assistant Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
09.04.2008

To help the poor, give them safety ropes and not safety nets
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

03.04.2008

Don’t blame moral hazard; castigate the source: immoral hazard
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

14.03.2008
Is spending forex on higher studies a sin?
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
11.03.2008

What ails our university system?
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

04.03.2008

Is free education really free and can it guarantee quality too?
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

03.03.2008

The folly of unsolicited interest free loans
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

21.02.2008

Money Printing and Inflation
Mr. Anil Perera, Economist, Economic Research Department, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

12.02.2008

Controversy over money printing
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

29.01.2008
Economics of Traffic Control
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
24.01.2008
Violence: you can’t have an omlette without breaking an egg
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
14.01.2008
The Battle between Generic Drugs and Branded Drugs
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
14.01.2008
Environment: ‘Want to Live? Then, You got to use it!’
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
14.01.2008
Marriage: Economic Principles of Work Allocation
Mr.W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
04.01.2008
The battle between films and teledramas
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
04.01.2008
Bond Market Development in Sri Lanka
Mr. C.J.P. Siriwardena, Additional Superintendent, Public Debt Department
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
31.12.2007

Protectionism: that’s the world but this’s Sri Lanka
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

26.12.2007
The High Inflation - High Growth Paradox
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
27.11.2007

New Challenges in Banking
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

09.07.2007
A child's Guide to Taming of Inflation
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
11.06.2007
Why Inflation Tax is an Evil?
Mr. W.A. Wijewardena, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

12.05.2007

Modernisation of the National Payment System
Dr.(Mrs.) Ranee Jayamaha, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka