@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00005876,
 author = {Karunaratne, Hettige Don},
 journal = {国際開発研究フォーラム, Forum of International Development Studies},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {This paper examines the time path of regional disparities in per capita income and labour productivity in Sri Lanka during the period of 1996-2004. Regional inequality in per capita income, measured by Coefficient of Variation, first increased from 0.4408 in 1996 to 0.5659 in 2000, and then temporarily declined to the level of 0.4456 in 2002, and again it increased to the level of 0.4489 in 2004. The principal contributors to the regional inequality were the Western Province and its service sector expansion. In addition, labour productivity gap between the service sector and agricultural sector in the Western Province contributed to 57% of the regional inequality in labour productivity. Therefore, it is possible to suggest three types of policy actions to reduce regional income inequality in Sri Lanka. The first is to develop economic linkages between the Western Province and other provinces. The second is to promote labour intensive industries or services to absorb excess labour in agricultural sector. The third is to gradually change institutional systems such as education, taxation, incentives, health, and transportation to address regional disparities. Thus, the central government has to play a major role in reduction of provincial inequality in Sri Lanka.},
 pages = {121--135},
 title = {An Inquiry into the Regional Disparity in Per Capita Income and Labour Productivity : A Case of Sri Lanka},
 volume = {33},
 year = {2007}
}