Sri Lanka’s Post-COVID-19 Recovery: The Need for Inclusive Economic Growth
High levels of inequality impede sustainable growth and development of a country. Sri Lanka made impressive strides to reach an upper middle-income country (UMIC) status in July 2019, only to slip back a year later. The
Human-Elephant Conflict: Can Insurance Help Affected Communities?
In 2019, Sri Lanka recorded the highest reported elephant deaths and second highest number of human deaths in the world due to the human-elephant conflict (HEC). Each year, the reported number of crop losses, property damage,
Education Equity in Sri Lanka: A Pathway out of Poverty
With the closure of schools following the COVID-19 outbreak and the sudden shift to online learning, poor children with no access to e-learning opportunities risk falling even further behind. In this context, some proposals
Taxing Tobacco: What Did Budget 2021 Miss?
At a juncture when government finances are tight, policy solutions such as taxing tobacco which can be leveraged to boost government revenue, without threatening economic growth, are essential. However, Sri Lanka’s 2021
Naghaya:Sri Lankan gouvernement sponsored repatriation business project is only for friends, family and people who pay without questioning or do…