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When RTI Meets Data Protection: Why Europe’s Playbook Matters

Sri Lanka has borrowed Europe’s privacy model; the real test is whether its transparency laws survive the transplant

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Racing for Growth as the Global Order Unravels

Foundations for stability are finally in place, yet a fragmented global environment makes building a resilient economic model harder

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Are Condos a Good Investment Asset?

After years of building, buying and flipping, the market is finally well supplied. Here is why investors should stay clear of condos for investment

What an LRT loan tells us about the debt problem

A cancellation of a loan to build a light rail raises questions about how, and from whom, Sri Lanka should borrow

Triple shock for finance companies

Crippling economic conditions, contracting credit and a looming deadline to increase core capital will leave most small finance companies in a mire unlike any they have known

Why Small Businesses Don’t Grow?

Around 70% of Sri Lankan workers hold informal jobs. Why is informality so stubbornly high, and does it matter in the first place

The beast awakens

Economic policy has been transformed in 2020. Now there is a sleeping giant everyone is afraid will awaken. It's called inflation

OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA: WHY IT MATTERS AND WHERE TO START

What citizens expect of democracies is growing. These days they expect to have access to government data

WFH: WTF is That?

Covid has exposed the problems and inequities in Sri Lanka’s employment. It also offers an opportunity for a reset, unless of course it leads to another WTF missed opportunity

Farming Challenges Needing Market Solutions

Farming is under pressure to produce more but doesn’t have the freedom to do so

FIVE REFORMS TO FIT THE GROWTH AGENDA

HOW CAN SRI LANKA, WITH FEW GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT RESOURCES, CREATE FAST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH? HERE ARE OUR IDEAS

Dealing With the Gig Economy

Worries about the rise of the gig economy are mostly overblown, but its tax and technology policy ramifications require attention

STEERING AWAY FROM THE MIDDLE-INCOME TRAP

WITHOUT BIG REFORMS, SRI LANKA RISKS BEING TRAPPED. HOWEVER, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BIG REFORMS IS CLOSING FAST

THE CONTRARIAN BET OF THE DECADE

Will equity outperform other asset classes in the next couple of years?

Winning in the apple ecosystem

Technology giants like apple have a market grip so tight that requires companies not just to build viral-worthy products to succeed but also understand how to navigate their ecosystem

AN OPPORTUNITY IN EQUITY

EQUITY HAS BEEN A POOR INVESTMENT FOR THE LONG TERM. BUT HAS THE CURRENT LOW VALUATIONS CHANGED THE EQUATION?

A decade of peace

FOR RECONCILIATION, POST-WAR SOCIETIES COMMEMORATE VICTIMS, SEEK LASTING POLITICAL SOLUTIONS AND FOCUS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH. HOW HAS SRI LANKA DONE?

Debtoholic: is China responsible for Sri Lanka’s debt crisis?

Networks and speed for startups

Hatch, an accelerator that launched recently, aims to play the crucial role in the startup ecosystem of connecting investors with the teams and ideas that are most likely to succeed

Slava Rubin took 93 rejections before getting funded

Indiegogo.Com was a crowdfunding platform before the world understood what that meant

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