Reboot Everything Festival

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is shaking the foundations of its banks which now face challenges on multiple fronts

Echelon’s Reboot Everything festival featured a discussion on the role of the state in business, featuring Thilan Wijesinghe and Daniel Alphonsus

Pooled in to a closed-ended fund Romania’s loss making state enterprises have since staged a remarkable turnaround generating dividends and privatisation proceeds to their owners.

Economic mismanagement, including its liberal money printing, has landed Sri Lanka’s economy in difficulty. In this round table discussion, two economists share ideas about how Sri Lanka might begin to unwind the stimulus that has landed it in trouble.

Former Central Bank Deputy Governor Dr W A Wijewardena weighs in on the Central Bank versus Currency Board debate, explaining the Central Bank's descent into its current predicament and the evolution of the unfolding economic crisis today.

Sri Lanka has increased taxes after its tax revenue plunged to 8% of GDP in 2021. However, these measures don’t go nearly far enough to fix Sri Lanka’s public finances