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Aesma wrote:Isn't one big issue that they tried to go to all organic agriculture and it went badly wrong ?
readytotaxi wrote:Sri Lankan security forces have been ordered to shoot law-breakers on sight in a bid to quell anti-government protests on the island.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-61389189
This is not going to end well.
N1120A wrote:Developing further infrastructure to support the tourist industry would help. I'm not saying to cut huge swaths with superhighways, but improving the rail and road links between Colombo and major tourist centers would help. Obviously, the security issues after the Colombo bombings are also a concern for some. Obviously, corruption should be rooted out.
sibibom wrote:N1120A wrote:Developing further infrastructure to support the tourist industry would help. I'm not saying to cut huge swaths with superhighways, but improving the rail and road links between Colombo and major tourist centers would help. Obviously, the security issues after the Colombo bombings are also a concern for some. Obviously, corruption should be rooted out.
Yes take more Chinese loans and get more trapped in a vicious cycle. I give Nepal and Pakistan a year before landing into the same trouble. Building infrastructure is not a best way to develop, unless you have the demand for it. Build and people will come is what landed them in trouble in the first place.
Look at Bangladesh, they are the model state in South Asia now. They focused on creating sustainable employment opportunities rather than some white elephant infra projects.
N1120A wrote:sibibom wrote:N1120A wrote:Developing further infrastructure to support the tourist industry would help. I'm not saying to cut huge swaths with superhighways, but improving the rail and road links between Colombo and major tourist centers would help. Obviously, the security issues after the Colombo bombings are also a concern for some. Obviously, corruption should be rooted out.
Yes take more Chinese loans and get more trapped in a vicious cycle. I give Nepal and Pakistan a year before landing into the same trouble. Building infrastructure is not a best way to develop, unless you have the demand for it. Build and people will come is what landed them in trouble in the first place.
Look at Bangladesh, they are the model state in South Asia now. They focused on creating sustainable employment opportunities rather than some white elephant infra projects.
Bangladesh benefits massively from remittances, something long known.
Connecting people to where they want to go isn't a white elephant. They need to look to investment from other sources than China.