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Economic Policies in an Election Year: Some Inconvenient Arithmetic - Part I
Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident fellow at Verité Research. She was a former Department Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Group on multilateral engagement and debt sustainability advising the Government of Sri Lanka.
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Economic Policies in an Election Year: Some Inconvenient Arithmetic - Part I
Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident fellow at Verité Research. She was a former Department Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Group on multilateral engagement and debt sustainability advising the Government of Sri Lanka.
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Economic Policies in an Election Year: Some Inconvenient Arithmetic - Part I
Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident fellow at Verité Research. She was a former Department Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Group on multilateral engagement and debt sustainability advising the Government of Sri Lanka.
Featured Insight
Economic Policies in an Election Year: Some Inconvenient Arithmetic - Part I
Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident fellow at Verité Research. She was a former Department Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Group on multilateral engagement and debt sustainability advising the Government of Sri Lanka.
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Defence budget for uniforms and diets alone up by LKR 75 Bn
Based on the 2024 budget estimates, expenditure on uniforms and diets in the defence sector is projected to increase by a significant LKR 75 billion, a 258 percent rise compared to 2022.
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The Ministry of Defence in May signed a $ 49 million deal with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to upgrade five Kfir fighter jets of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) No. 10 Squadron, it has been revealed.
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Widows, parents of fallen soldiers to get Rs. 25,0...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has submitted a proposal to the Cabinet to pay a monthly allowance of Rs.25,000 to the living parents of married or deceased military personnel who had died or went missing in operational areas during the conflic...
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Composition of Sri Lanka's Gross Official Reserves
The reported gross official reserves as of February 2022 stood at USD 2,311 MN, out of which 98% (USD 2,242 MN) consisted of short-term swaps maturing within 12 months. Whilst the quantity of reserves is important it is eq...
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Reallocation of Funds Can Help Finance an Election
The infographic depicts the cost of an election in comparison to selected spending decisions undertaken by the government in 2022. In 2022 the government allocated LKR...
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Electricity Bills in Sri Lanka: Highest in South A...
Sri Lankans pay 2.5 to 3 times more for electricity than South Asian neighbours In 2023, Sri Lanka revised its electricity charges three times in Febru...
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