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    Top Panel Sounds Alarm, Insists it’s Time for Urgent Economic Reforms
    by |16 September 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in the DailyFT Sri Lanka facing one of the worst economic crises in its history Pandemic only exacerbated existing economic weaknesses; roots lie in unsustainable debt, fiscal indiscipline and low rates of growth  To emerge from crisis, comprehensive and...
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    ආනයන රෙගුලාසි පැනවීම – Nishan de Mel on Hiru Evening Newscast
    by |10 September 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Executive Director Nishan de Mel speaks to Hiru News on the recently imposed import restrictions and their effect on government revenue, advocating ultimately for sound and critical policy analysis.
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    Sri Lanka Inflation: Economic Emergency Causes Prices of Essential Goods to Soar – Nishan de Mel on CGTN News
    by |10 September 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Executive Director speaks to CGTN News about the systemic causes of commodity hoarding and how an economic state of emergency can heighten the crises brought on by commodity hoarding.
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    විදේශ විනිමය අනුපාතය – Nishan de Mel on Hiru Evening NewsCast
    by |08 September 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Executive Director Nishan de Mel speaks to Hiru Evening News on the Central Bank's valuation of foreign exchange rates and how it could potentially lead to a deepening of the foreign exchange crisis Sri Lanka is facing.
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    ‘Sri Lanka’s Import Regime is One of the most Complex and Protectionist in the World’ – US State Department
    by |24 July 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on Tamil Guardian  Citing the World Bank, the US State Department‘s Investment Climate report highlights that Sri Lanka’s “import regime is one of the most complex and protectionist in the world”. The World Banks’ Doing Business Index ranked Sri...
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    Quality Development for Quality Growth and Quality Life
    by |16 March 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in -DailyNews The year 2021 marks the 70th Anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Conference in which the late former President (then Finance Minister) J.R. Jayewardene made a historic speech supporting Japan’s cause after the World War II, quoting...
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    Govt. should focus on reserve quality: Former CB Chief
    by |16 March 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in DailyFT   Former Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy   Warns overreliance on swaps and inter-governmental financing could create more problems down the road  Acknowledges current challenges but says strategy needed to deal with debt for next five...
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    Urgent need for multifaceted approach to counter gender-discriminatory labour laws
    by |16 March 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in DailyFT The Advocata Institute’s panel discussion on “Gender discriminatory labour laws in Sri Lanka” took place at the Taj Samudra Longdon Room on 5 March. Panelists at the discussion were Minister of Justice M.U.M. Ali Sabry, Former Department...
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    Trade and Regional Value Chains – Subhashini Abeysinghe at Bay of Bengal Economic Dialogue 2021
    by |09 February 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Research Director Subhashini Abeysinghe speaks on trade and regional value chains at the Bay of Bengal Economic Dialogue 2021
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    Belt and Road Initiative spurs Sri Lanka’s growth
    by |03 December 2018|Verité in the News
    Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan addressing the gathering . Pix: Courtesy BCIS Taken from Sunday Observer  BY VISHWA AUWARDS Sri Lanka is one of the first countries to join with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) said the Chinese Ambassador in...
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