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Can We Build a World-Class City with Third-World Public Transport?
This article was compiled by Dr. Sanjaya de Silva, Associate Professor of Economics at Bard College. His research interests include development and economic history in South and Southeast Asia.
Featured Insight
Can We Build a World-Class City with Third-World Public Transport?
This article was compiled by Dr. Sanjaya de Silva, Associate Professor of Economics at Bard College. His research interests include development and economic history in South and Southeast Asia.
Featured Insight
Can We Build a World-Class City with Third-World Public Transport?
This article was compiled by Dr. Sanjaya de Silva, Associate Professor of Economics at Bard College. His research interests include development and economic history in South and Southeast Asia.
Featured Insight
Can We Build a World-Class City with Third-World Public Transport?
This article was compiled by Dr. Sanjaya de Silva, Associate Professor of Economics at Bard College. His research interests include development and economic history in South and Southeast Asia.
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Daily Mirror
Prioritise building inclusive social protection sy...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) underscores the immediate need for Sri Lanka to establish institutional frameworks for an inclusive social protection system, vital for economic recovery. Fragmented past programs have resulted in low coverag...
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Economy Next
Sri Lanka making new economic laws to embed struct...
Sri Lanka is undergoing a legislative transformation, with Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardana revealing plans to introduce new laws and revise existing ones based on past experiences and lessons learned. The focus lies on structural refo...
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Daily FT
Contributory pension fund for new State workers
The Cabinet of Ministers at its meeting on Monday has cleared a proposal by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to prepare a law to set up a contributory pension fund for new public sector employees.
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Expenditure on the Community Services Se...
Expenditure on the Welfare Sector (2010...
Has the Government Fulfilled its Policy...
The National Policy Framework: Vistas...
Personal Emoluments as a Share of Total...
The chart below provides a sectoral breakdown of the total governmen...
Have Governments Fulfilled their Welfare...
Have consecut...
Flawed Rationale Behind EPF Re-entering...
At the end of 2018, the EPF resolved to r...
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Total and primary deficits run in opposite directi...
The governments primary deficit improved in the first half of 2023 compared to the corresponding period in 2022, while the budget deficit worsened increasing from LKR -903 Bn to LKR -1,243 Bn which implies a significant 93 percent increase a...
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The Problem with Procurement
Sri Lanka’s lack of compliance with the RTI Act and failure to meet IMF Commitments.Sri Lanka’s 2023 IMF Programme includes a commitment to disclose public pro...
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WHT and PAYE had the largest growth in Q3 2023
The Fiscal Management Report 2024, recently released by the Ministry of Finance, offers a comprehensive analysis of the government's revenue streams. A notable highlight from the report is the remarkable growth in revenue from two key co...
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