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SL must go well beyond IMF programme: Prof. Sally
Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka
|June 26, 2025
► SAYS DEEPER TRADE, INVESTMENT AND REGULATORY CHANGES ARE ESSENTIAL TO SHIELD CRISIS-HIT ECONOMY FROM FRESH EXTERNAL SHOCKS ► ASSERTS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT SRI LANKA LINKS ITSELF TO THE VALUE CHAINS OF SOUTHERN INDIA
Sri Lanka could miss a once-in-a-generation opportunity to plug into the fast-growing supply chains of southern India — that is unless the island nation pushes through market-opening reforms that go "well beyond" its current International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, leading international economist Prof. Razeen Sally warned this week.
Prof. Sally, former Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore and a former chair of the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Sri Lanka, said deeper trade, investment and regulatory changes are essential to shield the crisis-hit economy from fresh external shocks such as higher oil prices or new US tariffs.
This story is from the June 26, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka.
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