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Sri Lanka ranks high in South Asian human development efforts.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Text of report by Walter Jayawardhana published by Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order website on 7 October

Sri Lanka has ranked above all neighbours in South Asia except Maldives on the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Human Development Index report released on Monday (5 Oct).

Human Development Report 2009 placed Sri Lanka at the 102nd position in the medium human development category for the quality of life of its citizens. In the South Asian region only Maldives fared better than Sri Lanka at the 95th position.

The Human Development Index (HDI) released on Monday (5 Oct), for 182 countries and territories as part of …

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