Countries and Regions

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Country Assistance Plans - Sri Lanka

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VIII. Economic and Sector Work Program

100. Economic and sector work will be undertaken to provide crucial inputs for implementation of the COS, the poverty reduction strategy, and private sector development strategy as well as policy and project planning and implementation. One of the most important tasks in 2001-2003 will be to complete the poverty-related studies including poverty profile, poverty reduction strategy, and poverty reduction partnership agreement. The economic and sector work will provide a basis for dialogue with the Government and will be reflected in the design of ADB-financed projects. In addition to the above poverty-related studies, the areas that have been identified by the COS for further review, assessment, and strengthening include rural financial policy and institutional development, institutional support for financial sector development, project contract management, private participation in oil/gas exploration, pricing policy in the petroleum subsector, integrated energy sector masterplan, regulatory framework in water supply and sanitation, cleaner production, and environmental impact assessment at provincial level, and the development of a national policy on involuntary resettlement.

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