Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake

Biographic Data

ID6307564
NAMESanika Sulochani Ramanayake
GIVEN NAMESSanika Sulochani
FAMILY NAMERamanayake
SIGNATURERAMANAYAKE S S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Kelaniya
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Economic Determinants of Suicide Trends and Gender Impacts

    Open AccessSucharita Sen, Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake et al.ARTICLEMillennial Asia2025

    South Korea has the highest suicide rate in the world, while Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Sri Lanka and Taiwan also report relatively high suicide rates. The reasons behind the higher suicide rates in these countries remain a complex issue. Conversely, Muslim countries such as Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey had relatively lower suicide rates in the world. This study aims to identify the key reasons behind the high suicide rates. …

  • Political Economy of Trade in BIMSTEC

    Open AccessReena Marwah, Sucharita Sen et al.ARTICLEMillennial Asia2022References: 4

    BIMSTEC has completed more than two decades of its existence, with 2022 marking the regional grouping’s 25th anniversary. In this article, we study the nature and evolution of BIMSTEC, as we discuss and analyse the nature of intra-regional trade, with a focus on BIMSTEC member countries’ trade with India and China. We also highlight the political challenges and hindrances to increasing intra-regional trade. The China factor and its expanding foot…

  • Pandemic-Led Disruptions in Asia

    Open AccessReena Marwah, Sucharita Sen et al.ARTICLESouth Asian Survey2021

    This study focuses on tracing the early economic impacts of COVID-19. The pandemic has unleashed a global shock impacting all economies in several ways. The lockdowns have brought economic activity to a standstill, with the closure of businesses and halting of travel, trade and commerce. Even as the impact on sensitive sectors as trade, tourism and remittances are already becoming visible, it is imperative to understand how these are impacting ec…

  • The Development Trajectories of Thailand and Sri Lanka

    Open AccessReena Marwah, Sucharita Sen et al.ARTICLEMillennial Asia2019

    The raison d’être to compare the development trajectories of two Asian economies, viz. Thailand and Sri Lanka, stems from the fact that both countries are in the middle-income level. Hence, a comparative analysis of the development trajectories of the two countries during 2009–2019, both being neighbours with religious and cultural affinities, as well as members in Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BI…

  • Sri Lanka’s Labour Migration Trends, Remittances and Economic Growth

    Open AccessSanika Sulochani Ramanayake, Chandana Shrinath WijetungaARTICLESouth Asia Research2018Cited by: 2References: 18

    Labour migration has significant multiple impacts for Sri Lanka, where migrant remittances have massively increased over time. In the light of changing migrant worker dynamics, including state involvement in virtually exporting people, this article examines various trends of labour migration and then specifically analyses remittance inflows and their economic impacts in Sri Lanka between 1970 and 2015. Our findings confirm the increasing importan…

  • Adding-Up Problem and Wage–Productivity Gap in Exports of Developing Countries

    Open AccessKeun Lee, Sanika Sulochani RamanayakeARTICLEEuropean Journal of Development…2017References: 12

  • Does openness lead to sustained economic growth? Export growth versus other variables as determinants of economic growth

    Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake, Keun LeeARTICLEJournal of the Asia Pacific Economy2015Cited by: 2References: 24

    This research revisits the issue of economic growth determinants in developing countries with a focus on international integration variables. Four alternative variables are tested, namely, export growth, trade openness, export diversification, and foreign direct investment (FDI), in a single framework. This study finds that export growth is the most robust, in addition to export specialization, and that traditional variables of trade openness and…

  • Growth Miracle and Slowdown in Mauritius Compared with Bangladesh

    Open AccessSucharita Sen, Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake et al.ARTICLEMillennial Asia2014References: 1

    Sustaining economic growth is an important issue for developing countries; some countries show growth spurts and collapse in a short time, and many are trapped by the so-called middle-income trap. Mauritius also boasted rapid growth during the 1980s and 1990s, the period marked as an African version of the East Asian miracle economy. After 2000, however, the Mauritian economy faced a significant growth slowdown. The earlier literature attributed …