Colombo Development Dialogues 1- Policy Paper
Colombo Development Dialogues 1- Policy Paper
August 31, 2018
The inaugural Colombo Development Dialogues event focused on ‘Integrated Development
Impact through Partnerships and Innovation’. The panel brought together a range of individuals
from the government, private sector, development agencies, and academia, to provide
expert interventions on topics pertaining to diverse aspects of development. The panel was
complemented by five pre-identified Discussants, who provided additional perspectives and
evaluations of the panellists’ comments to facilitate further questions and discussions. As such,
perspectives on the need for an integrated framework for development, macro-economic policy,
civil society engagement, the role of the private sector in development, innovative reforms
targeting the labour force and the education system, and the need for constructive media
engagement were discussed and debated during the course of the event.