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For Sri Lanka, A Governance-Linked Bond Might Just Be The Ticket
This article was compiled by Dr. Nishan de Mel. Dr. Nishan de Mel is the Executive Director of Verité Research and an economist with extensive acade...
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Daily Mirror
Sanctions, incentives crucial for Public Financial...
Sri Lanka's new fiscal management act needs strong enforcement with sanctions and incentives to avoid past failures.     Sanctio...
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Island
GDP grew at 4.5% during fourth quarter of 2023, bu...
The GDP growth rate of Sri Lanka for 2023 was reported as -2.3%, indicating a contraction, according to the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS). Despite this overall decrease, the agricultural sector experienced a growth of 2.6%, contrasting with declines in the industrial and services sect...
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Experimenting with State-Owned Enterprises
Sri Lanka reports a total of 527 State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), with 55 deemed strategically important. However, transparency issues arise as only 11 out of 52 SOEs have published financial data up to 2022, obscuring the full extent of their losses and employment figures. Amidst public concern o...
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Insight on Articles
Property Taxes: No Thanks but Many Thank...
This article was compiled by Professo...
Freeing the Balance Sheets of Banks: Sri...
This article was compiled by Professo...
Navigating SOE reforms in an election ye...
This article was compiled by Dr. Mala...
Worry about the total government expendi...
This a...
Proposed 13% primary expenditure rule fo...
On May 22, 2024, the government o...
Economic Policies in an Election Year: S...
Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident...
Economic Policies in an Election Year: S...
Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident...
Can We Build a World-Class City with Thi...
This article was compiled by Dr. Sanj...
Wanted: An Authentic Minister of Finance...
This article was compiled by Professo...
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Will the Increase in Cigarette Taxes Meet Budgeted...
On the 1st of Jan 2023, the government increased excises taxes on cigarettes by 20% as follows: Size Old Excise Tax per Cigarette New Excise Tax per Cigarette...
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International Women's Day
In Sri Lanka, as shown above, women are half as likely to enter the labour market, and twice as likely to be unemployed than men.   82% of the unemployment for women comes from between the ages of 20 and 40. This is almost seven times the unemployment compared to women...
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Sri Lanka’s government education spending is the l...
In 2022, Sri Lanka’s government—both provincial and central—dedicated only 1.5 percent of its GDP to education, including primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. This places Sri Lanka at the bottom of the list for educatio...
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