Hon. @KabirHashimLK, Chair @eval_gpf delivers opening remarks.
He emphasized the importance of collaboration all stakeholders, including the government, education sector, and parliamen for the institutionalization of evaluation.
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I visited the Embassy of the UAE in Colombo to express my condolences to the people of the UAE on the demise of Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. #UAE
because they didn’t have a plan. They went to IMF without any sustainable program and without buy in of their general https://t.co/QDupKKqWIn the next few days we need to have public discussions on TV and talk candidly on hard decisions to be taken #lka#SriLankaCrisis
Sri Lanka has gone to the IMF over 15 times and followed IMF directions. This has not led to sustainable solutions because politicians and governments never followed up with their own plans or reforms thereafter.
This time we should think differently and out of the box.
This time we should develop our own Reform Program and Revival Plan and then have a dialog with the public and get the public engaged in the discussion and get their buy in. Then we should go to IMF and convince them for their support. Countries such as Lebanon or Zambia failed
worker remittances have dropped by 22% from 2020 to 2021 in Sri Lanka according Public https://t.co/To95zFUvLl. However all our regional countries have grown their foreign remittance by over 25%
If our own have no confidence, can we expect foreign investment!!!