COVID-19, Fiscal Policy and Public Debt in Emerging Economies
One year into the pandemic, Sri Lanka's already tight fiscal space has become further constricted, leaving some tough decisions to be made in the pandemic recovery period. A third wave of COVID-19 that the country is
Mitigating Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 Education Crisis: Priority Areas for Action
The year 2020 saw close to 1.6 billion students from over 180 countries being kept out of schools for extended periods of time, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite commendable efforts by many countries to put in
Trade in the Pandemic Era: A One-year Assessment
Many countries, including Sri Lanka, started practicing mobility restrictions from March 2020. As a result, in parallel to the slowdown of global merchandise production, trade volume also contracted from the second quarter of
Quitters as Winners: The Role of Tobacco Free Zones in Smoking Cessation
‘Commit to Quit’ is the theme of this year’s World No Tobacco Day marked on 31st May 2021. It provides a welcome focus on smoking cessation by advocating strong cessation policies, increasing access to cessation services, and
Poverty reduction needs to be prioritised with cohesive export-led growth policy framework | SRI LANKA:[…] The limitations of using the NPL for poverty estimation have been articulated in his incisive article by Wimal Nanayakkara,…