Global value chain key to realising growth potentials, says Sri Lanka governor

Mahendran says Sri Lanka has not integrated fully into the international value chain

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Arjuna Mahendran, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka says growth potential not yet reached

Sri Lanka has failed to "adequately" integrate into the international value chain and thus has not achieved its growth potential, the governor of the central bank said on December 7.

Speaking at the Eighth Research Conference of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Arjuna Mahendran praised China for the way the country had stimulated its service sector, encouraging smaller economies like Sri Lanka to do the same.

"The Chinese have built an international value chain over the last 30 to 40 years, which

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