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Why Tracking the IMF Programme Implementation is of Public Interest
This article was compiled by Dr. Nishan de Mel and Raj Prabu Rajakulendran. Dr. Nishan de Mel is the Executive Director of Verité Research and an economist with extensive academic, policy and private sector experience. He taught and researched economics at Oxford and Harvard universities. He also served as the Executive Director at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies and the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. He currently sits on multiple private sector boards and consults regularly as a strategist for some of the region’s largest firms. Raj is a Lead Economist within the Economic Research Team at Verité Research. He specializes in providing in-depth analysis and expert insights on Sri Lanka's macroeconomic conditions and policies. His research areas include public finance, macroeconomics, debt sustainability, and economic governance.
Featured Insight
Why Tracking the IMF Programme Implementation is of Public Interest
This article was compiled by Dr. Nishan de Mel and Raj Prabu Rajakulendran. Dr. Nishan de Mel is the Executive Director of Verité Research and an economist with extensive academic, policy and private sector experience. He taught and researched economics at Oxford and Harvard universities. He also served as the Executive Director at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies and the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. He currently sits on multiple private sector boards and consults regularly as a strategist for some of the region’s largest firms. Raj is a Lead Economist within the Economic Research Team at Verité Research. He specializes in providing in-depth analysis and expert insights on Sri Lanka's macroeconomic conditions and policies. His research areas include public finance, macroeconomics, debt sustainability, and economic governance.
Featured Insight
Why Tracking the IMF Programme Implementation is of Public Interest
This article was compiled by Dr. Nishan de Mel and Raj Prabu Rajakulendran. Dr. Nishan de Mel is the Executive Director of Verité Research and an economist with extensive academic, policy and private sector experience. He taught and researched economics at Oxford and Harvard universities. He also served as the Executive Director at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies and the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. He currently sits on multiple private sector boards and consults regularly as a strategist for some of the region’s largest firms. Raj is a Lead Economist within the Economic Research Team at Verité Research. He specializes in providing in-depth analysis and expert insights on Sri Lanka's macroeconomic conditions and policies. His research areas include public finance, macroeconomics, debt sustainability, and economic governance.
Featured Insight
Why Tracking the IMF Programme Implementation is of Public Interest
This article was compiled by Dr. Nishan de Mel and Raj Prabu Rajakulendran. Dr. Nishan de Mel is the Executive Director of Verité Research and an economist with extensive academic, policy and private sector experience. He taught and researched economics at Oxford and Harvard universities. He also served as the Executive Director at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies and the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. He currently sits on multiple private sector boards and consults regularly as a strategist for some of the region’s largest firms. Raj is a Lead Economist within the Economic Research Team at Verité Research. He specializes in providing in-depth analysis and expert insights on Sri Lanka's macroeconomic conditions and policies. His research areas include public finance, macroeconomics, debt sustainability, and economic governance.
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The Government Has to Repay Yearly an Average of USD 4.4 BN Foreign Debt from 2021 Onwards
The infographic shows the actual annual foreign debt service payments of GOSL (Government of Sri Lanka) from 2010 to 2020 and the projected foreign debt service payments from 2021 to 2025.
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The Morning
SL pays $ 503 m for 1H debt servicing
By June 2024, Sri Lanka's external debt had reached $37.5 billion, with $8.19 billion in unpaid debt service accumulating since the April 2022 debt standstill on bilateral and commercial loans.
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Daily Mirror
SL is closer to rating agencies’ determination on...
Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, is optimistic that completing debt restructuring and beginning repayments will remove the country's 'default' status and restore access to...
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Sunday Times
EPF to be transformed to a part-pension fund
The EPF and Employees’ Trust Fund (ETF) are to be transformed into a part-pension fund functioning under the Treasury, official sources said adding that the Finance Ministry has been directed to work out modalities of the pension scheme. The proposed pension...
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Navigating Sri Lanka's Debt: Better repo...
The published information on debt underes...
Historical Government Debt, 1950 to 2021
The diagram illustrates the Central Government Debt as a share of GD...
The Concessionality of Foreign Debt Over...
In 2007, the majority of Sri Lanka’...
Sri Lanka’s Government Debt Demystified
A Government’s public debt position includes both debt of the Ce...
Financing Infrastructure: The (non) Conc...
Sri Lanka is highly dependent on international lo...
Sri Lanka's Fiscal Indicators Before COV...
Does Sri Lanka have the fiscal space to deal with COVID-19?
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Uncovering Sri Lanka's Debt Trail: Who owns Sri La...
The chart below depicts the ownership of Sri Lanka's external debt as at end of Sept 2022.
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The EPF is the Single Largest Holder of Government...
On June 28, 2023, the Sri Lankan government unveiled its Domestic Debt Restructuring plan. A key component of this plan is the restructuring of bond holdings associated with superannuation funds, which are funds set up for retirement benefit...
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2025 Vote on Account’s revenue gains may fall shor...
On 6 December, Parliament approved the 2025 Vote on Account, allocating funds for the first four months of the year. To understand what a Vote on Account entails, read our blog
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