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Calculating the Loss to the EPF from Proposed DDR
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 academic, policy and private sector experience. He taught and researched economics at Oxford and Harvard universities. He also served as the Executive Director at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies and the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. He currently sits on multiple private sector boards and consults regularly as a strategist for some of the region’s largest firms.
Featured Insight
Calculating the Loss to the EPF from Proposed DDR
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 academic, policy and private sector experience. He taught and researched economics at Oxford and Harvard universities. He also served as the Executive Director at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies and the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. He currently sits on multiple private sector boards and consults regularly as a strategist for some of the region’s largest firms.
Featured Insight
Calculating the Loss to the EPF from Proposed DDR
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 academic, policy and private sector experience. He taught and researched economics at Oxford and Harvard universities. He also served as the Executive Director at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies and the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. He currently sits on multiple private sector boards and consults regularly as a strategist for some of the region’s largest firms.
Featured Insight
Calculating the Loss to the EPF from Proposed DDR
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 academic, policy and private sector experience. He taught and researched economics at Oxford and Harvard universities. He also served as the Executive Director at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies and the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. He currently sits on multiple private sector boards and consults regularly as a strategist for some of the region’s largest firms.
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Sri Lanka met 25% of IMF commitments and failed 1 by March
Sri Lanka had met 25% of the trackable programme commitments of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme as at the end of March 2023 but had failed on one, according to 'The IMF Tracker', a new online tool launched by Verit&ea...
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Sri Lanka delegation discussed taxes, revenues wit...
A Sri Lankan delegation discussed tax revenue targets with the IMF, focusing on increasing VAT and other taxes for the 2025 budget.While no final decisions were made, the IMF prefers revenue hikes over spending cuts to addr...
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IMF says new central Government taxes needed
The IMF recommends an imputed rental income tax on owner-occupied and vacant residential properties to boost central government revenue as part of essential tax reforms under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program.
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Daily FT
Sri Lanka’s Governance Diagnostic Assessment: Exec...
The International Monetary Fund last week released the first ever Governance Diagnostic Assessment on Sri Lanka as part of its technical assistance initiative.
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IMF Programme: Performance Evaluation (F...
Sri Lanka verifiably failed to meet 33% o...
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has...
Sri Lanka met 46 IMF commitments and fai...
The transparency in Sri Lanka’s ong...
Sri Lanka met 41 IMF commitments and fai...
Sri Lanka verifiably met 41 of the 73 trackable commitments that were due for completion by end-O...
IMF programme’s transparency falls to lo...
The latest update from 'IMF Tracker&r...
Sri Lanka Met 38 IMF Commitments and Fai...
Sri Lanka verif...
Sri Lanka met 35 IMF commitments and fai...
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Earnings from Tourism: Are we getting it right?
Sri Lanka is expecting the earnings from tourism to play a significant role in driving the recovery of Sri Lanka’s foreign currency. However, there are important concerns accuracy of the estimated earnings from tourism....
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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 failed 2 IMF commitments & met 25 by en...
An IMF Programme usually has four main types of commitments: a) Prior Actions - These are steps a country agrees to take before the IMF approves financing or completes...
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