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True, although a lot more manufacturing is happening now. Interesting video showing heavy industries: What's good for India is good for the world, with 1.2 billion people. Do you think India will become developed in our lives?

Good! A planned part of Colombo will take great advantage of the high property value!

There is an option! I had to look for it a little while but it is the small pencil icon to the right of the timestamp on the bottom of your posts. BD has indeed surpassed India on the prosperity index we're looking at. 103rd place vs 106th for the first time! Now third in South Asia behind only...

It's not India everywhere, I mentioned most South Asian countries and China as well as Russia. Yet the road to development is so long, I hope we can see Asia reaching parity with the West in living standards within our lifetimes!

I agree! But how did this happen in the first place? Considering India and Sri Lanka had basically identical average conditions even just 40 years ago. It would be an interesting case study.

It is more equivalent to compare Sri Lanka to East Asia and South East Asia rather than South Asia. Anyone know why this is? For example SL ranked higher than Russia, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Phillipines; and slightly less than China, and 16 places off Malaysia. The next South Asian country...

Sri Lanka was ranked 60 out of 142 countries on the Legatum Prosperity Index. The sub-indices include, country's Economy, Entrepreneurship & Opportunity, Governance, Education, Health, Safety & Security, Personal Freedom and Social Capital. Sri Lanka ranks 35 on the Social Capital sub-index...

Thanks! There's still a long way to go though. It's going to be interesting!

It's open to the public for inspection I think, but it'll be a few days before you can drive on it.

An Interchange on the Expressway before lane markings

The Colombo-Katunayake Expressway (E03), hoped to greatly reduce travel time to the airport from the city. Photo Credit: ChamLuck Photography https://www.facebook.com/ClickedByChamLuck Footage of the Expressway

Sri Lanka's Industrial Awakening | World Policy Institute October 16, 2013 By Alex Hobbs Micro, Sri Lanka's first car company Sri Lanka, the island-nation of over 20 million people off the tip of the Indian sub-continent, boasts over 3000 years of recorded history and a rich cultural...

What is this, 1970? Who cares who is "gayer", there are going to be gay people in all countries at roughly the same rate. I don't care who other people sleep with, it's not my business.

This is a good thing, good to see LGBT rights progressing in India.

I think Australia has a sensible immigration policy, the US would do well to follow the example.

Oct 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka 's first Nanotechnology research center and Nanoscience park will be declared open by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on October 21. Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC) together with the Ministry of Technology and Research laid the foundation in June 2012...

I think Australia's 1.541 trillion with just 23 million is just astounding, considering most of the country is desert and only the coastline is habitable.

This is a good point, however GDP does matter in terms of geopolitical power. GDP per capita is what one should worry about regarding living standards. Actually a better measure than both would be GDP (PPP) per person employed. List of countries by GDP (PPP) per person employed - Wikipedia, the...

Interesting. And what are 1+ billion to 20 or 40 million? Such a comparison should be ludicrously unfair to Canada or Australia. That being said, we should all be saddened by this news. If not for the nation of India, then for the sheer level of human suffering brought on by such...