Dr Franziska Ohnsorge on Advocata Conversations | Ep.11| Murtaza Jafferjee | Dr Franziska Ohnsorge

We are back with our 11th episode of Advocata Conversations!

This is a series of discussions, where we converse with esteemed industry leaders on policy and economy! With Advocata Conversations we aim to capture insights from experienced policymakers on policy reforms and their impact.

Our 11th episode is between Dr Franziska Ohnsorge ,Chief Economist at South Asia World Bank. She has been responsible for leading research programs on key economic issues in South Asia along with informing policy debates and World Bank lending. Prior to joining the World Bank, Franziska Ohnsorge worked in the Office of the Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and at the International Monetary Fund.

This conversation converses between Dr .Franziska and the Chair of Advocata, Murtaza Jafferjee.

The conversation focuses on the Title -South Asia Development Update 2024

Dr Franziska Ohnsorge in this conversation discusses about launching the South Asia development semi annual report that the World Bank produces on the growth Outlook of the region, further focusing on occupying policy makers. She pertains to describe this year’s report mainly involves on two things ; climate adaptation and creating more jobs in the market.

IMF in Sri Lanka: Supporting Governance Reforms | Murtaza Jafferjee | Peter Breuer | Joel Turkewitz

In this episode of Advocata Studio, Advocata Chair, Murtaza Jafferjee is joined by representatives from the International Monetary Fund, Peter Breuer (Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, International Monetary Fund) & Joel Turkewitz (Deputy Division Chief in the Legal Department, International Monetary Fund)

The Sri Lanka Technical Assistance Report - Governance Diagnostic Assessment can be accessed here.

IMF or no IMF, Sri Lanka needs Economic Analysis and Plan going forward: Advocata Advisor Dr. Nishan De Mel

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Whatever Sri Lanka decides about dealing with its debt and paying its way through the world, the country needs to formulate a very good economic analysis and a publicly-backed plan that will establish the credibility of the world in its economy going forward, Dr. Nishan De Mel, Advocata Institute Advisor and Executive Director of Verité Research said recently.

He made this remark at a virtual forum called the Advokatha (Advoකතා) a weekly series conducted by the Advocata Institute on ‘How to Resolve Sri Lanka’s Debt Crisis Without Seeking Assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’.

The full discussion can be found on Advocata Plus YouTube Channel.

Further speaking he said:

“Such an analysis needs to be thorough and well-structured with the focus on the real economic activity and the financial conditions in the economy. That would be the first step to build credibility of the world about the Sri Lankan economy. It is actually credibility that we lack rather than foreign reserves. If we can build that credibility about us in the countries that we deal with, we may not need assistance from the IMF to resolve our liquidity issue. When such a favourable environment is created and other countries repose their trust in Sri Lanka’s economy, its sovereign credit ratings would see an upgrade and Sri Lanka would be able to raise funds at the international capital market at reasonable interest rates, The skill we need for this is to present an analysis and a plan and then demonstrate our commitment to stick to it. Our concern is whether the government has such a plan and if it does have one, why it is not publicized”.

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