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Consumer demand, especially for services, underpinned by a stronger labour market, drove the upswing. Exports stabilised, but investment slowed, held back by the housing market…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283464
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The Election Commission of Sri Lanka (ECSL) confirmed on February 24 that the polls would not be held on March 9 as planned. A day earlier, President Ranil Wickremesinghe claimed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276375
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Separately, the IMF’s Executive Board on March 20 approved a four-year, roughly USD3bn Extended Fund Facility for the country. The approval came around ten months after Sri Lanka…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278564
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who promised to deliver the amendment, assumed office in July amid a wave of protests that forced his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign. As…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273767
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The Chinese leadership is meeting this month to discuss economic reforms. High-level dialogue with the United States has resumed, allowing the two sides to work on surface-level…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283191
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Sri Lanka must attend to debt restructuring as part of its four-year, USD3bn bailout programme with the Fund. The Fund’s Executive Board approved the bailout in March, roughly ten…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279489
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Prospects for Pakistan in 2020.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249123
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Vietnamese public debt levels and membership conditions attached to the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade scheme are necessitating this intensification.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206441
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Chinese investments into ASEAN countries.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB221081
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The budget is likely to be enacted by the end of the current fiscal year in March 2024. Rapidly increasing military spending reflects drastic changes in Tokyo’s defence policy. On…