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Sri Lanka, is a country located at Southern Asia, it has an area of 65,610 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country. Sri Lanka, with a population of 22,037,000 people, it is ranked at 61º position by population of 196 countries and it has a
In 2023, Sri Lanka’s economy is expected to contract further, though at a slower pace compared to the previous year. Differing medium term forecasts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) point to the complexities of accurately predicting the futur...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s balance of payments slipped deeper into deficit in September 2023, after recording a marginal gap in the month before, official data showed. Sri Lanka balance of payments surplus steadily increased to 2,078 million US dollars up to July 2023 but fell in August. In...
Sri Lanka’s economy could recover in the “latter part of 2023,” the central bank said recently, adding this would be dependent on policymakers’ unwavering commitment to implementing policy reforms in a timely, holistic, and efficacious manner....
The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, at its meeting held on 28 January 2025, decided to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) of the … January 29, 2025|Policy|Read More EDCM Resumes Operations after 28 Years; targeting USD 36 Bn in Export Revenue by 2030 ...
Gross Domestic Product of Sri Lanka fell -2.3% in 2023 compared to last year. This rate is 50 -tenths of one percent higher than the figure of -7.3% published in 2022,}.
Converging Crises and the Cost of Exclusion: Unveiling the Invisible Women of Sri Lanka's Economy Current research on the connection between financial markets and real economy is inconclusive. We look at this relationship by analyzing statistical interc... L Ratwatte - 《Journal of International Wo...
There is growing recognition of the potential environmental and socio-economic benefits of applying a circular approach to urban organic waste management t
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