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COVID‑19 Effects on Public Finance and SDG Priorities in Developing Countries: Comparative Evidence from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Colombage, S.R.N.
dc.contributor.author Barua, S.
dc.contributor.author Nanayakkara, M.
dc.contributor.author Colombage, Udari N.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-09-08T05:07:09Z
dc.date.available 2022-09-08T05:07:09Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.citation Colombage, S. R. N., Barua, S., Nanayakkara, M., & Colombage, U. N. (2022, July 27). COVID-19 Effects on Public Finance and SDG Priorities in Developing Countries: Comparative Evidence from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The European Journal of Development Research. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-022-00558-6 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/25234
dc.description.abstract The COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented global health crisis, rapidly transferred into a global economic and social crisis. The pandemic has threatened the world’s commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 as governments in developing countries have shifted their priorities from attaining SDGs, to providing urgent financial needs to save lives and prevent recession in hopes for a rapid economic recovery. The rerouting of public funding priorities has undermined the progress and achievement of SDGs. We employed a mixed-method and carried out a comparative study using pre- and post-public financial data of two developing countries in South Asia; Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. A threefold analysis was conducted to investigate the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in two countries, the impact of the pandemic on external and internal public finance and the effect of the pandemic in shifting the policy priorities from SDGs to economic survival. This study found that both countries are highly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic and are suffering from the lack of financing from external sources through the private sector as well as an increasing foreign debt. There is mounting pressure on the fiscal balance in both countries. en_US
dc.publisher The European Journal of Development Research en_US
dc.subject COVID-19 · Sustainable development goals · Comparative study · Bangladesh · Sri Lanka en_US
dc.title COVID‑19 Effects on Public Finance and SDG Priorities in Developing Countries: Comparative Evidence from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka en_US


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