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... living ? It depends on the index used viz . the Colombo Consumer Price Index , which is said to be far from satisfactory for reflecting inflation in the country . In it rent is given a weightage of 109 with 1952 = 100 ? The deceleration ...
... living ? It depends on the index used viz . the Colombo Consumer Price Index , which is said to be far from satisfactory for reflecting inflation in the country . In it rent is given a weightage of 109 with 1952 = 100 ? The deceleration ...
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... living beyond our means and mortgaging the future as we had to obtain Rs.18.1 billion as loans in addition to foreign private investments of Rs.6.4 billion and grants of Rs.8.0 billion during the year . ( Central Bank Report 1992 ...
... living beyond our means and mortgaging the future as we had to obtain Rs.18.1 billion as loans in addition to foreign private investments of Rs.6.4 billion and grants of Rs.8.0 billion during the year . ( Central Bank Report 1992 ...
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... living below the poverty line had been increasing . It rose from somewhere between 18-19 % in 1973 to 20-23 % in 1978-79 and to 27-28 % in 1986-87 . There was also increasing disparity in the distribution of incomes . Taking a long term ...
... living below the poverty line had been increasing . It rose from somewhere between 18-19 % in 1973 to 20-23 % in 1978-79 and to 27-28 % in 1986-87 . There was also increasing disparity in the distribution of incomes . Taking a long term ...
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