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The Missing Half of Sri Lanka’s Corruption Problem

Public corruption dominates debates, while private misconduct slips through the gaps.
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Building the Rails for a Digital Economy

Why Digital Public Infrastructure must come first, and how fintech and policy can unlock adoption
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Sri Lanka Must Embrace 2% Inflation Cap to Avert Next Economic Crisis

With inflation still low and the external position relatively stable, this is the ideal time for a modest, pre-emptive rate adjustment to support a new 2% ceiling
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Local Cinema: It's Summertime but..

Sri Lanka's recent screen awakening must continue, transforming local legends into universal dreams
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Will Sri Lanka's Macroeconomists Do a Dudley on Anura?

Parliament must control the Central Bank before it's too late
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External Sector Posts Steady Gains Amid Structural Strains

Current account surplus improving from tourism, remittances and service exports
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Sri Lanka’s Top 100 Most Valuable Brands

The nation’s most influential and trusted brands
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Brand Valuation Methodology: Identifying Sri Lanka’s Top 100 Brands

What makes a brand valuable? This is how Brand Finance answers that question
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Introducing Brand Finance and Sri Lanka’s Most Valuable Brands

Ranking the country’s top brands in every sector
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That Colombo's Nights Be Bright

Colombo possesses the latent energy to forge a substantial nightlife economy, yet this comes at an undeniable cultural cost, challenging established ways of life
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High Praise From The IMF, But Will Things Be Any Different

Unlikely Role Model, Sri Lanka Makes Quick Recovery, But Long Road Ahead
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Flirting With Industrial Protectionism

A minister calls for protectionism as the economy heals
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Sri Lanka Repays More Foreign Debt as Budget Deficit Narrows

Domestic borrowings covered the entire budget deficit in the first four months of 2025
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Central Bank Skates On Thin Default Ice With Latest Rate Cut

The buffer is not foreign reserves, as the IMF and macroeconomists imagine; it is the interest rate
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Pakistan: Anatomy of a Fragile Mind

A prolonged conflict is the last thing Pakistan needs now. It should focus more and more on building the economy and national identity
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Too Much Water, Not Enough Growth: Agri Budget Misses the Mark

IPS economists highlight the plight of state intervention in agriculture
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Trumponomics and the Governance of Chaos

The Businessman President: A Bull Market In A China Shop
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Treasury Should Buy its Own Dollars to Settle Debt and Avoid a Second Default

The pro-cyclical rate cut by the central bank requires early countermeasures
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IPS’s Dr Asanka Wijesinghe on Globalization's Unfinished Business

In Doing Harm, US Trade Policy Exposes the Neglected Consequences of Globalization
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CSF Warns: Old Trade Flaws Magnified by US Tariffs

The Centre for a Smart Future Presents Eight Priority Trade and Competitiveness Reforms

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