President predicts Sri Lanka to be within top 30 countries by 2014

[September 23 2010]

Sri Lanka economy is well on the way to realizing the dividend of peace and the country aims to become one of the top 30 countries doing business by 2014, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said in his address to the 65th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York today.

We are experiencing a steady and sustained growth including during the last quarter over eight per cent, moderate inflation and low interest rates. During the last five years, we saw our eapita income double. It is our ambition to take this further, to double the present per capita income by 2016 and also to become one of the top countries doing business by 2014, he said.