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Restoring Economic Stability in Sri Lanka: An Overview of the IMF Extended Fund Facility
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-04-13)On March 20, 2023, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board approved Sri Lanka's 17th IMF programme, under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement, aimed at addressing the significant economic challenges faced by ... -
The Debt Digest - March 2023
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-03-16)The Debt Digest by Verité Research provides analytical commentary on the latest developments in Sri Lanka’s debt crisis. A key milestone in Sri Lanka’s path to recovery was the staff-level agreement with the IMF in September ... -
Post-Covid19: Can the Sri Lankan apparel sector benefit from US-China decoupling? A statistical analysis
(National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka, 2021)The “US-China decoupling” has received much attention with the deterioration of US-China diplomatic and economic ties under the Trump administration. US firms seeking to reduce their reliance on China offers an economic ... -
How Numbers Can Mislead: Does Retaining the Limit to The Appointment of Cabinet and Other Ministers Solve Administrative Inefficiency?
(2021-01)This article discusses how, besides the obvious financial costs borne by having to maintain large cabinets, the focus on cabinet size alone in constitutional amendments proposed and passed conceals other problematic aspects ... -
Facing a Second Wave of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka: Economic Cost of a Lockdown Strategy
(Washington: Center for International Private Enterprise, 2020-08)As of August 2020, Sri Lanka is currently in the post-lockdown stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the surge in the number of infections in mid-March, the country was forced into a complete lockdown with all-day ... -
Impact of COVID-19 Response on Unemployment in Sri Lanka
(Washington: Center for International Private Enterprise, 2020-10-01)Goal number eight of the Sustainable Development Goals is set out as “Decent work and economic growth.” This goal recognizes that economic growth is not just an end, but also a means in itself of generating jobs – productive ... -
Social and Household Networks in Sri Lanka: Does Networking Create a Disparity in Employment Outcomes
(Social Science Research Network, 2019-11-15)This paper estimates the impact of social and household networks on employment outcomes in Sri Lanka.The results indicate that social networks, measured by language choice and locality, improve employment outcomes by ...