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World Bank’s Sargsyan on Reforms, Corruption and Reclaiming our Place in the World

From stabilization to recovery: the World Bank’s country director on how to build a competitive economy
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Ranil Wickremesinghe Saga: A Postscript

Have we underestimated the capabilities of the leader who restored stability in a debt-laden nation?
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Flexible Exchange Rates Profits Banks; Gives Losses to a Nation

A flexible exchange rate regime hurts people
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Why the New Administration’s Stance on Corruption may harm the Recovery

The popular narrative that ending corruption will reverse the economic crisis is dangerously simplistic
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Medicine Accessibility: The Regulatory Dilemma in Sri Lanka

How Sri Lanka can improve access to pharmaceuticals as it confronts its structural issues 
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Curbing Corruption: Do it Right Now!

The new government must transform the consensus on corruption into action
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Can the Next Political Leaders Tackle Critical Reforms?

Even if they have the will, can they convince a disaffected citizenry?
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Black Money Economy: Seriously?

Despite the enthusiasm to explore this appealing untapped potential, there is a massive risk 
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Sri Lanka tourism ‘is suffocated by politicization’

‘We need marketing professionals who clearly understand what tourists actually want…’
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Post-election Risks Amid Sri Lanka’s Limited Financing Options and Debt Restructuring

At any given point Sri Lanka is three months away from another meltdown
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Sri Lanka Blocks Itself From Reaching Beyond the Mekong Despite FTA with Thailand

Sri Lanka’s acute competitiveness problem remains unaddressed
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Sri Lanka’s Digital Strategy for a Digital Future

Even amidst economic challenges, transforming an entire nation is possible
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Tracing the Unseen Workforce: Gig Workers and Algorithms Dictating Their Movements

Anisha Gooneratne on protecting gig workers vulnerable to higher degrees of risk
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IMF Review: Sri Lanka’s Precarious Path to Recovery

IMF officials weigh in on Sri Lanka’s elections, tax cuts and reforms
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Sri Lanka Can Dollarize and Stop Forcing People to Leave their Birthplace

A case for breaking the deadly flexible exchange money monopoly
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Insights: Sri Lanka's Clogged Courts and Muddled Property Laws

Insights from the IMF report that scrutinizes Sri Lankan rule of law
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Explaining Sri Lanka's Bilateral Debt Restructuring Deal: a Breather on a Tightrope

Where does Sri Lanka go from here? Escalate the IMF addiction to debt defaults?
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IMF Diagnostic on Customs and IRD: A Proclivity for Corruption

A brief on the IMF's Governance Diagnostic Assessment for Sri Lanka
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Houses on Fire? Explaining Imputed Rental Income Tax

The proposed new tax on property is questionable, and raises several questions
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Explaining the New Electricity Bill and Why it Matters

A courageous, transformative measure, leading business chamber says

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