The Nexus Between Foreign Direct Investment, Informal and Formal Sectors in Sri Lanka
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Keywords
Informal sector; formal sector; foreign direct investment; Sri Lanka;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
- F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
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