Category: Opinion
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The Central Bank Optimism Masks Sri Lanka’s Post-Cyclone Reality
Sri Lanka has just endured one of the worst natural disasters in its post-independence history. Cyclone Ditwa has inflicted devastation across livelihoods, infrastructure, agriculture, and public finances, with reconstruction costs now estimated at USD 4.1 billion. Yet, at this moment of national trauma, the Governor of the Central Bank, Nandalal Weerasinghe, has chosen to frame catastrophe