March 2020

People first, economy next, says top economist
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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
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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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Economist urges need for credible fiscal roadmap
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Taken from DailyMirror Sri Lanka would need to demonstrate the return to a credible fiscal path, a transition the country would have to make before the next debt repayment that is due mid this year by shoring up government revenue,...
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කොටස් වෙළඳපොලට සේවක අර්‍ථසාධක අරමුදල (සේ.අ.අ.) නැවත ඇතුල් වීම පිටුපස ඇති සාවද්‍ය තර්කය  
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බිලියන 23 (30/09/19 වන විට සේ.අ. අරමුදලට  කොටස් ආයෝජනවලින් සිදුවු  ප්‍රාග්ධන අලාභය) 7.5% (වසර 25 ක කාලයක් සඳහා කොටස් වෙළඳපොලේ සාමාන්‍ය ඵලදායී වාර්ෂික ප්‍රතිලාභ) 11.1% (අවුරුදු 25 ක කාලයක් සඳහා වසරක භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් වල සාමාන්‍ය ඵලදායී වාර්ෂික ප්‍රතිලාභ) අතීතයේ වංචනික...
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Need for prudent ministerial portfolio allocation urged for better public finance management
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Taken from DailyMirror As Sri Lanka is gearing up for a parliamentary election, economists are stressing on the need to allocate ministerial portfolios in a more prudent manner so that the public finance management, amongst other areas, does not get...
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Sri Lanka’s consumption could have recovered with smaller stimulus
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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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Ominously rising foodflation needs medium to long-term strategy to improve agricultural productivity
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A technical report covering all the subsectors in the agriculture sector "..A technical report released in May 2018 and authored by Verite Research for the National Planning Department and the European Union on Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector has listed out...
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