Targeted industrial and sectoral subsidies (renewable energy, chip manufacturing, agriculture, green hydrogen, etc).
General government spending as share of GDP, excluding transfers already captured under fiscal.transfer_expansion to avoid double-counting.
Statutory and effective corporate tax rates, treatment of depreciation, and international competitiveness.
Progressivity of the personal income tax schedule, including top marginal rates, bracket spread, and targeted credits (EITC-equivalents).
Size of cash and near-cash transfer programmes (unemployment benefits, means-tested assistance, universal child benefits). Architecturally distinct from forced-saving schemes — see condition welfare_architecture.
Product-market regulation, entry barriers, licensing burdens, network-industry regulation, price controls.
Sector-specific licensing regimes, concentration / quota allocation, state-controlled entry (energy, telecoms, healthcare, banking).
Trade policy openness — tariffs, non-tariff barriers, FTAs, industrial protection.
De jure and de facto independence of the central bank from fiscal authority. Per D.1.5 scope, one of the framework's defensible monetary positions.
Security of private property rights — formal recognition, expropriation risk, titling systems.
Rule of law as institutional substrate — contract enforcement, judicial independence, equal treatment before the law. Upstream of most other axes.
| Year | Movement |
|---|---|
| 1977–1994 | Sri Lanka 1977 Open Economy reforms sri_lanka_open_economy_1977 |
| 2019–2022 | Gotabaya Rajapaksa SLPP — Vistas of Prosperity (Sri Lanka) srilanka_gotabaya_rajapaksa_slpp_2019_2022 |
| 2022–2024 | Wickremesinghe UNP transitional — IMF crisis executor (Sri Lanka) srilanka_wickremesinghe_unp_2022_2024 |
| 2024 | Dissanayake NPP — post-Aragalaya governance reset (Sri Lanka) srilanka_dissanayake_npp_2024_present |