## 📈 Sri Lanka SOE Reforms: Progress & Next Steps

• Overview: The NPP Government has delivered unprecedented momentum in public sector and state-owned enterprise (SOE) reforms over the past 18 months, addressing long-standing fiscal drains and structural inefficiencies. • Core Structural Actions: Building on foundational frameworks laid by the SOERU, the administration is unbundling monolithic entities like the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), enforcing cost-reflective utility pricing, and advancing nationwide digital governance to eliminate corruption. • Strategic Priorities: Key reform measures include cutting treasury bailouts, eliminating political patronage via independent merit-based boards, rationalizing workforce overstaffing, and deploying public-private partnerships (PPPs) for state assets.