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World Service,02 Mar 2023,49 mins

Is Sri Lanka in a debt trap?

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Sri Lanka workers defy strike ban to protest IMF bailout plan which is hitting their wallets. President Ranil Wickremesinghe is facing a public backlash over steep tax increases and spending cuts imposed to secure the IMF funding. Drug giant Eli Lilly has announced a $35 cap on the monthly costs patients face for insulin in the US, responding to outcry over the soaring cost of the diabetes medication. (Picture: Man in yellow raincoat walking through tea plantation in Sri Lanka. Picture Credit: Getty Images)

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