Market Power and Public Benefit: Lessons from Banking and Telecom in the Maldives
Banking and telecommunications offer contrasting lessons about competition in the Maldives. Comparing the two sectors shows how market concentration can affect pricing,... Read more.
Before the Ink Dries: What the Maldives Must Get Right on MIFC
The Maldives International Financial Centre could become a major source of investment and economic diversification. But a project of this scale requires rigorous... Read more.
Hurt, Pain and Recovery: The Path Forward for the Maldives
The Maldives faces mounting debt, inflation and external vulnerabilities, but a deeper crisis is not inevitable. Timely fiscal reform, stronger institutions and... Read more.
Broken Systems, Broken Lives: The Cost of Sri Lanka’s Economic Collapse
Sri Lanka’s economic collapse shows how fiscal mismanagement and policy failures can translate into profound human costs, affecting food security, healthcare,... Read more.
2025 ވަނަ އަހަރުގެ ބަޖެޓުގެ ނަޒަރިއްޔާތު
2025 ވަނަ އަހަރުގެ ދައުލަތުގެ ބަޖެޓު ވަޒަންކުރުން: އާމްދަނީ ހޯދުމުގައި ފަތުރުވެރިކަމަށް... Read more.
Opinion on the 2025 Budget
An assessment of the Maldives’ 2025 Budget, examining revenue dependence on tourism, rising public debt, deficit financing, subsidy reform, expenditure priorities,... Read more.
World Bank’s October 2024 Update: Key Insights into the Maldives’ Economic and Fiscal Challenges
The World Bank’s October 2024 Maldives Development Update points to a strong tourism recovery alongside mounting fiscal, debt and climate vulnerabilities that... Read more.
Ratings downgrades and the way forward
Following sovereign rating downgrades by Fitch and Moody’s, this article examines the concerns behind the decisions and the conditions needed to restore confidence... Read more.
Going Beyond Austerity to Secure the Maldives
Faced with high debt, declining reserves and structural dependence on tourism, the Maldives needs a strategy that goes beyond austerity to strengthen resilience,... Read more.