Sri Lanka's Businesses Gain Steam
Since Sri Lanka's decades-long civil war ended, the government is investing in infrastructure to connect the battered North and East with the capital, and the local economy is coming to life. Nilan Fernando blogs from Colombo on the challenges small businesses face and a landmark partnership we helped forge between chambers of commerce, banks, and the enterprises to get them needed credit. Also this week, we release three slideshows from Sri Lanka on Jaffna, Vavuniya, and Batticaloa on how these regions are overcoming decades of war and economic neglect. Steven Rood blogs on what Philippine citizens think about greater U.S. military presence. And, from Jakarta, Leopold Sudaryono addresses Indonesians' frustrations with recent high-profile juvenile justice cases.
