Doubling up on GDP – Sri Lanka harvests ‘peace dividends’

SINCE 2009, when the Government finally defeated LTTE terrorists, Sri Lanka’s GDP has increased by more than 50 per cent to US$67 billion (2013), with per capita GDP up from US$2,057 to US$3,280 in the same period. Australia has become the ninth-largest source of FDI . . .

COLOMBO — Gross domestic product in Sri Lanka has increased by more than 50 per cent — from US$42 billion (2009) to US$67 billion (2013) — since Government military forces defeated the Tamil terrorist group LTTE after almost 30 years of fighting.