This episode features Nishan de Mel, the Executive Director of Verite Research, to discuss their development of Sri Lanka’s innovative governance-linked bond, which seeks to break the country’s vicious cycle of poor governance and financial instability.

Learn more about:

Verite Research - https://www.veriteresearch.org

The Civil Society Governance Diagnostic Report, mentioned by Nishan - https://www.tisrilanka.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GDA_REPORT_2023.pdf

And the IMF’s Governance Diagnostic Assessment - https://www.treasury.gov.lk/news/article/221

For more on issues of corruption in Sri Lanka, check out Kickback episode 106, with Sankhitha Gunaratne.