ASSESSMENTS
A Familiar Name Takes Charge in Sri Lanka
Nov 22, 2019 | 09:00 GMT
(LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP via Getty Images)
Highlights
- President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's main domestic priority will be to revive economic growth and restore a sense of national security in the aftermath of Easter bombings that many blamed on government failings.
- To achieve the government's economic objectives, Rajapaksa's administration will focus on attracting funding to build out the country's infrastructure, all while ensuring its debt burden is sustainable.
- Because Sri Lanka needs development funding, it will rely on international creditors, including China and India, as it balances between competing powers in its foreign relations.
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