Editing Economy of Sri Lanka (section)

== Economic infrastructure and resources ==

=== Transportation and roads ===
{{Main|Transport in Sri Lanka}}
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[[E03 expressway (Sri Lanka)|E03 expressway]]
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Most Sri Lankan cities and towns are connected by the [[Sri Lanka Railways]], the state-run [[railway]] operator. The [[Sri Lanka Transport Board]] is the state-run agency responsible for operating public bus services across the island.

The government has launched several highway projects to bolster the economy and national [[Transport network|transport system]], including the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway, the Colombo-Kandy (Kadugannawa) Expressway, the Colombo-Padeniya Expressway and the Outer Circular Highway to ease Colombo's [[traffic congestion]]. The government-sponsored Road Development Authority (RDA) has been involved in several large-scale projects all over the island in an attempt to improve the road network in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's commercial and economic centres, primarily the capitals of the nine provinces are connected by the "A-Grade" roads which are categorically organised and marked. Furthermore, "B-Grade" roads, also paved and marked, connect district capitals within provinces. The grand total of A, B and E grade roads are estimated at 12,379.49&nbsp;km.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rda.gov.lk/source/rda_roads.htm |title=Class A, B & E Roads |publisher=Road Development Authority |access-date=27 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428015938/http://www.rda.gov.lk/source/rda_roads.htm |archive-date=28 April 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref>

=== Energy ===
{{main|Energy in Sri Lanka}}
[[File:HambantotaWindFarm01.JPG|thumb|A wind farm in Sri Lanka]]
The energy policy is governed by the [[Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy (Sri Lanka)|Ministry of Power and Energy]], while the production and retailing of electricity is carried out by the [[Ceylon Electricity Board]]. Policy recommendations and planning come under the oversight of the [[Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka]]. Energy in Sri Lanka is mostly generated by [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric power stations]] in the [[Central Province (Sri Lanka)|Central Province]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gefweb.org/COUNCIL/council7/wp/srilanka.htm|title=Sri Lanka: Renewable Energy and Capacity Building |publisher=Global Environment Facility|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510152631/http://www.gefweb.org/COUNCIL/council7/wp/srilanka.htm|archive-date=10 May 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.adb.org/documents/evaluation-paper-power-sector-sri-lanka|title=Power Sector Assistance Evaluation|date=August 2007|publisher=Asian Development Bank}}</ref>

=== Skilled Labour ===
Sri Lanka has a well-established education system that has successfully created a vast supply of skilled labour. Sri Lanka's population has a literacy rate of 92%, higher than that expected for a developing country; it has the highest literacy rate in South Asia and overall, one of the highest literacy rates in Asia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mohe.gov.lk/index.php/about-ministry/overview|title=Overview of Education in Sri Lanka|publisher=Ministry of Higher Education}}</ref> Information technology literacy of the urban sector population is also satisfactory at 39.9 per cent and people around the country use web-based job boards to find skilled employment together with other sources such as newspapers and government gazette. In Sri Lanka, all persons above the age limit of 15 years and above of either gender are identified as the working-age population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/samplesurvey/Explanatory%20notes-2013.pdf|title=Explanatory Notes: Sri Lanka Labor Force Survey|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics}}</ref> In the fourth quarter of 2017, Sri Lanka had an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/sri-lanka-economy-snapshot|title=Sri Lanka Economy Snapshot|publisher=Central Bank of Sri Lanka}}</ref> and is shown to reduce gradually over the years.