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INTER-WAR CEYLON : Trade and Migration

A study of Ceylon’s economic history suggests an interesting association between her international economic relations and the domestic economic situation. The export industries constituted a major part of the Ceylonese economy. In addition to a large trade relationship with the rest of the world, Ceylon’s foreign economic relations also consisted of an enormous movement of migrant labour from South India, with an occasional reverse flow, especially during periods of depression. To what extent Ceylon’s commodity trade and labour flow with the rest of the world were related to each other, and both of them related to her economic growth, poses challenging problems for economic enquiry. In this paper we confine ourselves