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The Seventh Review

Four years after default, Sri Lanka has growth, reserves and a near-complete restructuring, and an IMF review that just ended without agreement. The recovery keeps getting rescheduled, not resolved.

The rising currency for the future -CBDC

As 16% of global investable assets are expected to be tokenised in 2035, the question of what settlement asset to use for digital finance raise. From "atomic settlement" to challenging the status of SWIFT, Central Bank Digital Currencies(CBDCs)seems to be the most ideal currency for the future. If so then how should central banks of developed countries should change their policies to adopt this new landscape?

The Value beyond the Commodity

Many developing economies are rich in commodities but capture little of the value created from them. Moving beyond extraction and into processing, manufacturing and branding could be key to escaping commodity dependence.