“The talk is by palanquin, but the journey is by foot’’- Depictive of Sri Lanka’s FDI efforts
“THE talk is by palanquin, but the journey is by foot” is a direct translation of a transliterated Sinhala phrase, “Kathawa dolaawen gamana paa-in”. Stated bluntly and simply, it means “all talk, no action”, and that aptly sums up Sri Lanka’s lackluster performance in the last twenty-five years in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). While […]