Debt in Sri Lanka

Demystifying Increase in Sri Lanka’s Debt

by |09 December 202129 December 2021|Interviews & Articles

Published on Daily Mirror In the last 70 years, Sri Lanka has never been in a more precarious position with regard to the repayment of its debt, than at present, in December 2021. There is much that is said in...

Budget Fails to Establish Stable Fiscal Regime: Verité Research

by |09 December 202110 December 2021|Verité in the News

Published on The Morning Issuing a public report on Budget 2022 ahead of third budget reading, Colombo-based think tank Verité Research said that Budget 2022 fails in establishing a stable fiscal regime. “In January 2020, a new tax structure was...

Verité Research releases Public Report on Budget 2022 ahead of third Budget reading

by |08 December 202110 January 2022|Press Release

2022 will be a pivotal year in Sri Lanka's external debt management and the economy as a whole. The budget 2022, currently being debated in parliament, provides an opportunity to map a path out of Sri Lanka's prevailing economic troubles....

Sri Lanka should draw up own program and negotiate with IMF: de Mel

by |07 December 202109 December 2021|Verité in the News

Published in EconomyNext ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka should come up with a credible economic program of its own and go the International Monetary Fund instead of allowing the agency to device the plan, Nishan de Mel, head of Verete Research,...

Sri Lanka Debt Re-structuring: Opinion Divided Among Think Tanks

by |07 December 202110 December 2021|Verité in the News

Published on EconomyNext Sri Lanka should start talking to the International Monetary Fund at least as a second option head of a think tank based in Colombo said, but opinion was divided on whether or not a debt restructuring with...

Extreme Food Prices Slam Inflation-Ridden Turkey and Sri Lanka

by |03 December 202110 December 2021|Verité in the News

Published on Nikkei Asia Months into the worst inflation in decades, a new round of food price hikes is ratcheting up pressure on governments around the world. Figures released Thursday by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization show a...

Verite shows how Lanka can achieve Sustainable Debt Dynamics

by |18 October 202118 October 2021|Verité in the News

Published on The Island Verité Research, a private think tank that provides strategic analysis for Asia, hosted the online discussion Steering out of the Debt Crisis: Recipe for Budget 2022 on Oct 14. The event was anchored around addressing Sri Lanka’s debt...

Verité Research hosts Pre-budget Forum, offers solutions for USD Liquidity Crisis and Proposals for Budget 2022

by |15 October 202110 January 2022|Press Release

Verité Research hosted the online discussion Steering out of the Debt Crisis: Recipe for Budget 2022 on the 14th of October 2021. The event was anchored around addressing Sri Lanka’s debt and USD liquidity crisis, and featured presentations by Executive...

Concessional Financing Is Not without Controversy – Report

by |19 April 202119 April 2021|Verité in the News

Published in the Sunday Observer Explicitly evaluating whether loans are concessional or adverse considering the combined consequence of the grant element and cost escalation on the tied element/unsolicited proposal would be advantageous for Sri Lanka. By contrast, at present only...

Government urged to take pragmatic view on debt management

by |23 March 202123 March 2021|Verité in the News

Published in The Island By Sanath Nanayakkare If Sri Lanka has the right policy mix to effectively carry on with its debt rollover and to maintain a surplus in its current account, the country can demonstrate that it has entered...

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