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Rocky Road To Recovery For Sri Lanka

Dr Chulanee Attanayake, Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore

30-Mar-23 07:30

Rocky Road To Recovery For Sri Lanka

Last week Sri Lanka finally secured a USD$3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after nearly a year of negotiations. Does this IMF bailout signal that the worst is over and how will Sri Lanka rebuild its battered economy? Dr. Chulanee Attanayeke, Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore discusses Sri Lanka's difficult path to recovery.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar, Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning


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Categories:  politics,  international,  economy

Tags:  sri lanka debt crisis,  sri lanka economy,  imf,  austerity measures,  fiscal policy, 


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