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2023: More tumultuous times ahead for Sri Lanka?
2023: More tumultuous times ahead for Sri Lanka?

9DASHLINE asks several experts how they assess the prospects for political and economic recovery in 2023 after the turbulence of last year.

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Sri Lanka’s political-economic crisis and its new president
Sri Lanka’s political-economic crisis and its new president

Written by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera

While internal political maturity is required to emerge from the political-economic crisis with objective policy measures, Sri Lanka needs immediate regional and extra-regional assistance to help the country stabilise through the existing political model or through democratic elections in the coming months.

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