Beyond the Crisis: Sectoral Paths to Durable Growth
The Sri Lankan economy has faced a series of external and internal shocks in recent years that weakened its long-term growth outlook. Despite defying post-crisis growth trajectories, fresh uncertainties from oil price shocks
Sri Lanka’s Competitive Edge: Intellectual Property Rights and the Power of Geographical Indications
With Sri Lanka’s export competitiveness steadily declining in major destination markets amid global economic uncertainty, the need to explore innovative tools for sustaining export growth has become urgent. Improving export
Powering through Droughts and Crises: Redesigning Sri Lanka's Energy Resilience
Sri Lanka has lived with energy insecurities for decades. Today, the crisis is a structural problem that is no longer limited to mere episodes. The country's electricity system sits at the intersection of three converging
From Pump to Plate: Understanding Oil Price Pass-through in Post-2022 Sri Lanka
Oil price fluctuations have historically impacted the cost of goods and services across the world. As the current global markets show an increase in crude oil prices from USD 65 per barrel prior to the start of the war to USD
Demystifying Hawala/Undiyal – The Not So Dismal Science:[…] believed that informal fund transfer operations in Sri Lanka have expanded considerably due to the wide gap between the…