Welcome to Iss: 2 of Vol: 1 of the Journal of Maldives Economy Today. Our economic and fiscal landscape faces a difficult terrain in...

Urbanization gained momentum in the Maldives from early 70s. From 1960 to early 70s, only 11.23% of the Maldivian population was urban....

In the context of the stated intention to dissolve the PCB, it is timely to understand what the PCB is and its role before looking at the implications flowing from the decision to dissolve the PCB. What is the PCB. The Privatization and Corporatization Board; PCB is a self-perpetuating legal entity that came into existence with the ratification of Law No. 3/2013, ‘Law regulating the privatization, corporatization, monitoring and evaluation of SOEs’ gazetted on 17th January 20