{"id":977,"date":"2016-05-16T15:43:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T15:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/?p=977"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T06:38:51","slug":"south-asian-fiscal-policy-world-bank-seminar-senior-country-economist-ralph-van-doorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/south-asian-fiscal-policy-world-bank-seminar-senior-country-economist-ralph-van-doorn\/","title":{"rendered":"South Asian  Fiscal Policy World Bank Seminar By the Senior Country Economist Ralph van Doorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A special seminar on \u2018South Asian Fiscal Policy\u2019 was organised by the Department of Business Economics together with the World Bank \u2013 Sri Lanka. The seminar was held on the 16<sup>th<\/sup> of May 2016, at the University premises. The guest speaker of the seminar was Mr Ralph van Doorn, who is the Senior Country Economist of the World Bank for Sri Lanka and the Maldives. His work at the World Bank focuses on analysing macroeconomic developments and the drivers of growth, and providing technical assistance to the government, with a specific focus on fiscal policy and public debt management.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This seminar was mainly targeted at the undergraduates of the Department of Business Economics, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Students from all three batches took part in this and received exposure to the applications of Economics in the real world. 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