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Verité Research Debt Update - May 2023
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-05-17)
This issue provides coverage and analysis of the IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) and Sri Lanka’s progress on the 100 commitments outlined in the IMF program. The key developments identified were; 1) The IMF Debt ...
Verité Research Debt Update - December 2023
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-12-01)
This issue provides coverage on Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring and progress on the IMF program. This issue also includes analysis on the 2024 Budget and the need for improved governance for sustainable economic recovery. ...
Verité Research Debt Update - March 2023
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-17)
This issue provides coverage and analysis on the usability of the IMF financing and the volatility of the exchange rate. These are the key developments identified; 1) Sri Lanka is expected to reach board level agreement ...
Why Tracking the IMF Programme Implementation is of Public Interest
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-05-25)
As Sri Lanka enters its 17th International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, a critical question remains. Will the country break from the past patterns of inconsistency and failure in following the plan it lays out with the ...
Calculating the Loss to the EPF From Proposed DDR
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-07-12)
Justice and good decision-making flows in part, from the discipline of public reasoning. The belief in democracy is anchored in the hope of harnessing the power of reasoned decision making that is openly and dialogically ...
Let’s Shield the EPF With the Instincts of Winston Churchill
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-07-06)
The private sector workers of Sri Lanka are required by law to transfer 23% of their incomes to the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and the Employees’ Trust Fund (ETF) every month, towards their retirement savings. The EPF ...
Too Many ‘Known Unknowns’ in Sri Lanka’s IMF Programme
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-08-17)
Sri Lanka’s programme is planned to deliver 71 outcomes by the end of September. Presently, as of the end of July, 35 are “met” and 14 are “unknown”. There are 8 more that are “not met”. That means the ratio of unknowns ...