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Uncovering Sri Lanka's Debt Trail: Who owns Sri Lanka's External Debt?
The chart below depicts the ownership of Sri Lanka's external debt as at end of Sept 2022.            
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Daily News
SL concludes debt restructuring agreements
Sri Lanka has finalized comprehensive debt restructuring agreements with key bilateral creditors, including the Official Creditor Committee and China Exim Bank, valued at USD 10 billion.
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Daily FT
Verité Research mooted Governance-Linked Bonds fig...
Verité Research's Governance-Linked Bond (GLB) proposal, featured prominently in recent discussions between the Sri Lankan government and external commercial creditors in London, introduces a novel mechanism to align debt repaymen...
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The Island
Sri Lanka eyes $2.9 billion IMF loan finalised in...
Sri Lanka expects the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board to approve a $2.9 billion loan by year-end, according to a news report by Reuters.The IMF Board approval of the loan is expected by mid-December. From now until mid-November, the...
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Insight on Debt
Public debt grew more slowly in the firs...
Sri Lanka’s public debt rose at a s...
2024 Presidential Election: Manifesto Pr...
With the upcoming presidential election scheduled for September 21, 20...
9 Years Since Bond Scam
The 27th of February marks nine years sin...
Public Debt Increases in Dollar Value Wh...
According to recent data published by the...
Total and primary deficits run in opposi...
The governments primary deficit improved...
Sri Lanka in the top 10 countries with t...
According to data from the World Bank Dat...
Interest payments weigh heaviest in 2022...
The central bank's annual report for...
Uncovering Sri Lanka's Debt Trail: Who o...
The chart below depicts the ownership of Sri Lanka's external debt as at end of Sept 202...
Domestic Debt Restructuring
Sri Lanka faces a challenge to emerge from the continuing crisis. Th...
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The EPF is the Single Largest Holder of Government...
On June 28, 2023, the Sri Lankan government unveiled its Domestic Debt Restructuring plan. A key component of this plan is the restructuring of bond holdings associated with superannuation funds, which are funds set up for retirement benefit...
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The Rise Of The Zombie Firms: The Problem With Rec...
This article was compiled by Professor Udara Peiris. Udara Peiris joined Oberlin in the fall of 2022. He was previously a tenured Associate Professor of Finance at HSE University (at the department ICEF) in Russia and has taught at the University of Warwick, and the Univers...
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Maldives’ reserves continue to dip
The external reserves of the Maldives have been on a declining trend since June 2020. At that time, the gross reserves held by the Maldives Monetary Authority amounted to USD 702.5 million , sufficient to finance
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