Policy work and popular press

Sri Lankan Debt/Twin-Deficits Crisis

Reports

• Debt Update, May 2023, Verite Research

• Debt Update, March 2023, Verite Research

• Debt Update, February 2023, Verite Research

• The desirability of domestic debt restructuring, October 2022, Verite Research Background Note

Public Events

• Public Finance Lounge, Verite Research, 5 July 2024

• Public Finance Lounge, Verite Research, 11 January 2023

• Public Finance Lounge, Verite Research, 12 December 2022

• Domestic Debt Restructuring, The Way Forward, Public Event hosted by Acuity Partners and FT Lanka, 2 November 2022

• Public Finance Lounge, Verite Research, 2 March 2021

Television Interviews

• • Newsline, 21 September 2022, NewsFirst/TV1 (Sri Lanka). "International creditors meeting: Why is it important?": Link here 

  • Face the Nation : Navigating Sri Lanka's economy in turbulent times, 25 April 2022, NewsFirst/TV1 (Sri Lanka): Link here

  • Newsline, 7 April 2022, NewsFirst/TV1 (Sri Lanka): Link here

  • Face the Nation : Economy in Turmoil: Is Sri Lanka on the verge of bankruptcy?, 21 March 2022, NewsFirst/TV1 (Sri Lanka): Link here

Popular Press Articles

• "Unlocking Sri Lanka’s Credit Markets: The Case for a National Asset Management Company", 20 February 2025, DailyMirror (Sri Lanka): Link here

• "Freeing the Balance Sheets of Banks: Sri Lanka Needs and AMC", 22 August 2024, DailyMirror (Sri Lanka): Link here

• Interview: "Debt restructuring before election, a risk to economy", 14th May 2024, The Morning (Sri Lanka): Link here

• "Poorer than India and Bangladesh: Where is IMF program taking Sri Lanka?", 13 March 2024, DailyFT (Sri Lanka): Link here

• "The Rise Of The Zombie Firms: The Problem With Recapitalising Banks", 4 January 2024, DailyMirror (Sri Lanka): Link here

• "Schrodinger’s Banks: The immediate need for Policies to ensure Financial stability", 14 September 2023, DailyMirror (Sri Lanka): Link here

• “Restructuring Domestic Debt Must be Fast, Credible, Comprehensive", 8 June 2023, DailyMirror (Sri Lanka): Link here

• "The Need for Governance-Linked State-Contingent IMF Programmes: A Third Way for Sri Lanka", 27 April 2023, International Banker: Link here

• “Sharing the cost of the crisis: The need to restructure domestic debt together with an ‘Asset Management Company", 19 April 2022, DailyFT (Sri Lanka): Link here

• “Debt restructuring and a path to confidence and hope”, 14 January 2022, DailyFT (Sri Lanka): Link here

Press Citation

• Government told to act soon on re-profiling domestic debt to avoid haircuts, 25 October 2022, DailyMirror