Sri Lanka Inflation: Economic Emergency Causes Prices of Essential Goods to Soar – Nishan de Mel on CGTN News

    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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    Sri Lanka Inflation: Economic Emergency Causes Prices of Essential Goods to Soar
    by |10 September 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on CGTN Sri Lanka is under a state of emergency with rising costs and fears over the economy. And the President's proposals are igniting controversy. Roel Raymond reports. The price of essential items has increased greatly in Sri Lanka,...
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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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    How Sri Lanka’s Overnight Flip to Total Organic Farming Has Led to an Economic Disaster
    by |06 September 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in The Print New Delhi: Sri Lanka has been hit by a serious economic emergency even as it struggles to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. Dwindling foreign exchange reserves, a sinking currency and soaring food inflation have come together to create...
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    Good Food for the Rich
    by |05 September 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in The Sunday Times As Sri Lanka banned the usage and import of chemical fertiliser for agriculture production – for both domestic agriculture and plantation agriculture -, I too received many requests from some of my regular readers to...
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    Sri Lanka Declares Economic Emergency – Nishan de Mel on Al Jazeera Inside Story
    by |04 September 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Executive Director Nishan de Mel appears on Al Jazeera's Inside Story segment alongside State Minister Ajith Nivaard Cabraal and MP Harsha de Silva to discuss the sudden depreciation of the Sri Lankan rupee and the recent forex crisis.
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    IMF or No IMF, Sri Lanka Needs Economic Analysis and Plan Going Forward
    by |12 August 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in The Island Whatever Sri Lanka decides about dealing with its debt and paying its way through the world, the country needs to formulate a very good economic analysis and a publicly-backed plan that will establishc credibility of the...
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    Debt Default Danger: Alarmist or Imminent?
    by |09 August 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in The Morning LK Will the Government of Sri Lanka default on its obligations to service its mountain of debt over the next couple of years, including two bond repayments of a total of $ 1.5 billion due in...
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    Real Question Is Not Whether SL Should Go to IMF or Not
    by |05 August 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in The Island The real question is not whether Sri Lanka should go to the IMF or not. What is important is going to the IMF with confidence after having analysed the fiscal situation, with a convincing plan, Executive...
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    CA Sri Lanka’s CEOs Forum Plays Nexus Role to Bridge Gap between Govt., Biz Community
    by |03 August 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in the DailyFT State Minister Nivard Cabraal urges private sector to look long-term, not focus only on short-term CB Chief says Govt. policy plan has heavy focus placed on exports, domestic production as well as entrepreneurship and SME activities...
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