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Employee Provident Fund (EPF)
The EPF is Sri Lanka's largest superannuation fund. It was established under the Act No. 15 of 1958.
Exceptionalism of Domestic Debt Restructuring in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's approach to Domestic Debt Restructuring (DDR) stands out in its specificity and methodology. Notably, the strategy is centred on restructuring superannuation funds and Central Bank Holdings. According to an IMF staff report t...
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Daily Mirror
Economic uncertainty perception dragged EPF into n...
Data from the Central Bank showed that in 2023 the EPF net contribution recorded a negative value of Rs. 5.3 billion, which is a 116 percent contraction from the Rs. 31 .6 billion recorded in 2022....
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Economy Next
Sri Lanka’s EPF net contributions turn negative in...
Net contributions to Sri Lanka's Employees Provident Fund (EPF) turned negative in 2023, with refunds exceeding contributions for the first time. Demographic shifts, increased governme...
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Sri Lanka to pay 13.0-pct return to EPF holders fo...
EPF members will receive a 13% return on their contributions in 2023, exceeding the usual rate. Sri Lanka has achieved stable monetary conditions since September 2022, which bodes well for...
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Insight on Employee Provident Fund (EPF)
Forensic audit revealed LKR 10 bn loss t...
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry th...
Exceptionalism of Domestic Debt Restruct...
Sri Lanka's approach to Domestic Debt...
The EPF is the Single Largest Holder of...
On June 28, 2023, the Sri Lankan governme...
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Composition of Sri Lanka's Gross Official Reserves
The reported gross official reserves as of February 2022 stood at USD 2,311 MN, out of which 98% (USD 2,242 MN) consisted of short-term swaps maturing within 12 months. Whilst the quantity of reserves is important it is eq...
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Sri Lanka met 29 IMF commitments and failed 3 by e...
Sri Lanka had met 29 of the 100 trackable commitments of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and had failed on three as of the end of May 2023, according to ‘The IMF Tracker’ dashboard of Verité Research.
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Economic Policies in an Election Year: Some Inconv...
Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident fellow at Verité Research. She was a former Department Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Group on multilateral engageme...
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