Sri Lanka’s Debt Path After Restructuring: Why Stock Relief Is Not Enough
Sri Lanka has crossed the hardest miles of debt restructuring. Eurobonds were exchanged in December 2024. Bilateral deals have advanced with Japan, India, and others. According to IMF Mission Chief Evan Papageorgiou, only about US$500 million of the US$28 billion “under the perimeter” remains to be finalised. That is real progress. It is not, by […]
Sri Lanka’s Fertiliser Subsidy: What It Solves, What It Breaks, and How to Fix It
Why this matters Fertiliser policy shapes food prices, farmer incomes, the budget, and the environment. Sri Lanka has swung from heavy input subsidies to the 2021 ban on chemical fertiliser and back to subsidised supply and cash-type vouchers. Getting this right is central to stable rice prices and rural incomes, but also to fiscal consolidation […]
Essential medicines in Sri Lanka: where the chain breaks today
Sri Lanka still runs a fragile medicine supply chain. Imports account for most items, so any policy, forex, or logistics shock turns into stock-outs at the ward. The crisis of 2022 exposed systemic weaknesses. Many remain. The following map shows the binding constraints today and the quickest levers to relieve them. 1) Planning and demand […]
Overhauling Sri Lanka’s Outdated Statistics Law: A Blueprint for Credible Data and Modern Governance
Sri Lanka’s official statistics still rest on the Statistics Ordinance of 1957. That law was written for a world of paper surveys and manual tabulation. In 2025 it no longer supports the country’s need for accurate, timely and trusted data. An overhaul of the national statistics law is overdue. Why the 1957 Law Fails The […]
Sri Lanka’s Public Transport Upgrade: Long Overdue, Still Possible
The Daily Struggle of Sri Lanka’s Public Transport Sri Lanka’s Public Transport | For millions of Sri Lankans, buses and trains are not a choice—they are the only way to get to work, school, or home. Yet anyone who has squeezed into a packed bus or waited endlessly for a delayed train knows how broken […]