Deshal De Mel

    Confidence-boosting, Painful Economic Reform Package Pointed Out as SL’s Only Way Out
    by |21 January 2022|Verité in the News
    Published on Daily Mirror Experts say such package may or may not need involvement of IMF, depending on political stamina of govt. Leading international debt restructuring expert says engaging IMF could be useful for SL as agency has political legitimacy...
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    Colombo Port City: A new Dubai or a Chinese enclave?
    by |17 January 2022|Verité in the News
    Published on BBC News "An economic game changer" is how officials describe Colombo Port City, a shiny metropolis soaring out of the water along the Sri Lankan capital's seafront. Next to Colombo's leafy business district, the huge expanse of sand...
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    Relief Package a Real Relief or an Economic Destabiliser?
    by |09 January 2022|Interviews & Articles
    Published on The Morning The Cabinet last week approved a relief package worth Rs. 229 billion presented by the Minister of Finance. For Gayathri (35) (not her real name), it brought much joy going into the new year as she...
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    Government’s New Year Relief: A blessing or curse in disguise?
    by |05 January 2022|Uncategorized
    Published on Daily Mirror Prudence at the helm is the most important need of the country today - W. A Wijewardena Burden of funding will inequitably fall on the rest of the labour force - Deshal de Mel Need of...
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    SL May Again Need to Impose New Taxes in Budget 2023 – Deshal de Mel
    by |29 November 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on Ceylon Today One-off taxes proposed in Budget 2022 may not be sustainable in bridging Budget deficits, noted Research Director of Verite Research, Deshal de Mel. Speaking exclusively to Ceylon FT, Mel noted that Sri Lanka may again have...
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    Revenue Enhancement Measures Critical in Budget 2022: Verité
    by |28 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on The Morning Advises to expand tax base instead of increasing tax rate  According to former Economic Advisor to the Minister of Finance and Verité Research Director – Research Deshal de Mel, while revenue enhancement measures will be a...
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    Revenue Enhancement Measures Crucial for 2022 Budget
    by |28 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on DailyFT Verité Director Research Deshal de Mel yesterday said revenue enhancement measures remained critical for the upcoming 2022 Budget. He said that as the Sri Lankan economy was still recovering from the impacts of the pandemic as were...
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    Verité Research Offers Solutions for USD Liquidity Crisis
    by |25 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on The Sunday Times A private think tank institute in Sri Lanka has said Sri Lanka faces bigger challenges ahead in the management of its foreign exchange reserves. “Sri Lanka’s foreign reserve would be completely depleted by the end...
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    Verité Research Pre-Budget Forum Offers Solutions for Forex Crisis, Presents Budget Proposals
    by |18 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on Daily Mirror Verité Research hosted the online discussion themed ‘Steering out of the Debt Crisis: Recipe for Budget 2022’ on October 14th. The event was anchored around addressing Sri Lanka’s debt and US dollar liquidity crisis, and featured...
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    Verite shows how Lanka can achieve Sustainable Debt Dynamics
    by |18 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...
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