Gunaratne, Thanula
Liyanage, Sajani
Punchihewa, Chamathka
Badurdeen, Shamah
Jayathilaka, Ruwan
Article History
Received: 12 October 2024
Accepted: 22 April 2025
First Online: 2 May 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study did not involve any experiments with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors. The research was based exclusively on publicly available secondary data obtained from institutional repositories, including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Therefore, ethical approval was not required. The study complied with the ethical standards outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: This study did not involve human participants, and thus, no informed consent was required.