Nishan De Mel

    Experts shed Key Insights to Boosting EU-SL Economic Partnership
    by |21 June 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on DailyFT Top diplomats, investors and economists recently echoed that commercial cooperation, development and partnership links with the European Union (EU) has immensely helped to develop Sri Lanka’s economy. “Needless to say, the EU representing 27 countries as a...
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    Overcoming Sri Lanka’s Economic Woes – Nishan de Mel on Face the Nation
    by |14 June 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Nishan de Mel, Executive director of Verité Research appears on Face the Nation by News 1st to discuss Sri Lanka's struggles with foreign debt and overcoming the country's economic woes.
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    Hiking Cigarette Prices Would Make More Sense: Economist
    by |14 June 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on DailyFT Economist Nishan de Mel has said that increasing the cost of cigarettes rather than fuel prices would make better economic sense. In support of his argument, de Mel, in a tweet, said the estimated loss incurred by...
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    Treasury Rules Out Fraudulent Stats in Central Bank Report
    by |09 May 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in TheMorning.lk Responding to the recent outburst of MP Harsha De Silva in regard to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s Annual Report of 2020, Treasury Secretary S.R. Attygalle told The Sunday Morning Business that there is absolutely no fraudulent accounting...
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    Growth a Must for Debt Sustainability – Nishan De Mel
    by |25 February 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on Ceylon Today Sri Lanka must reduce its foreign debt burden on a medium- to long-term basis, Verite Research Executive Director Nishan De Mel said yesterday. ‘Reducing foreign debt is vital to maintain debt sustainability; however it should be...
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    Veemansa Initiatives’ Discussion on ‘External Debt Situation in Sri Lanka’
    by |30 January 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on Lanka Business Online Delivering the keynote address on the topic, External Debt Situation in Sri Lanka: Our Route to Resolution, the Governor of the Central Bank, Deshamanya Professor W D Lakshman said that despite the COVID-19 pandemic and its...
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    Economists debate over best response to fight COVID-19 while keeping economies less hurt
    by |17 April 2020|Verité in the News
    Taken from - DailyMirror Two economists recently vacillated between the current suppression strategy practiced by the Sri Lankan government by way of curfews and lockdowns and a mitigation strategy practiced in some East Asian countries to see which offered the...
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    People first, economy next, says top economist
    by |20 March 2020|Interviews & Articles
    Taken from - DailyMirror By Shabiya Ali Ahlam As Sri Lanka is witnessing its economy coming to an almost stagnant state due to the unavoidable measures taken by the government to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, a leading economist in...
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    Budget proposals need to be feasible; Nishan De Mel
    by |17 March 2020|Verité in the News
    Taken from News1st Budget Proposals advertised in the budget are not implemented because they were not seen as feasible, Verité Research Economist, Nishan De Mel said. De Mel, highlighted the importance of budget proposals to be implemented with detailed estimates...
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    Sri Lanka’s consumption could have recovered with smaller stimulus
    by |04 March 2020|Verité in the News
    Taken from DailyMirror Successive governments have failed to come up with a citizens’ budget that entails the necessary insights for the public to understand the viability of the proposals made and to break this recurring inefficient cycle, economic think tank...
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