Pro-Poor Tourism: Can it Reduce Poverty in Sri Lanka?
By Kimuthu Kiringoda: “Tourism has been described as the world’s largest transfer of resources from rich to poor, dwarfing international aid.” - …
By Kimuthu Kiringoda: “Tourism has been described as the world’s largest transfer of resources from rich to poor, dwarfing international aid.” - …
By Thisuri Ekanayake A great deal of discussion is underway on what appears to be the latest wave of migration from Sri Lanka. These conversations focus on the …
By Thanzyl Thajudeen As leading marketers, we have lately been focusing much of our efforts towards data, digital and the metaverse. We have more channels, …
By Bilesha Weeraratne: Written Ahead of International Migrants’ Day on December 18, 2021. Despite the pandemic and related difficulties in remitting, …
By Maya Majueran Industrial Zones Industrial Zones are geographically designated areas that are earmarked by the government for the production of industrial …
By Jekhan Aruliah There is recent precedent in Sri Lanka for suddenly "going organic”. The Sri Lankan Civil War saw years of economic blockades and embargoes …
By Hartwig Schafer , Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank “Sri Lankan children make a dangerous climb for online school,” read the headline of a …
Global economic developments have impacted Sri Lanka’s external sector performance, and the economy overall. While Sri Lanka managed the first wave of the …
By Suresh Ranasinghe The impact of COVID-19 on Sri Lanka’s labour market, education, migration, and health sectors were discussed at the second webinar panel …
By Chathurrdhika Yogarajah: Sri Lanka’s macro-economic outlook amidst the COVID-19 pandemic came under the spotlight at a webinar panel discussion held on …
By Asanka Wijesinghe and Eleesha Munasinghe: Sri Lanka’s preferential access to the vital European Union (EU) market faces fresh challenges after the …
By Jekhan Aruliah Interviewing Dr Rajendran Surenthirakumaran (Suren), the newly appointed in September 2021 Dean (Head) of the Faculty of Medicine University …
By Hanaa Singer-Hamdy, Resident Coordinator, UN Sri Lanka: The complex challenge posed by COVID-19 both in protecting public health and the socioeconomic …
By Jekhan Aruliah Northwind Projects, a team promoting sporting and other activities in the Northern Province, successfully brought together the Sri Lankan …
By Githmi Rabel On 20 May 2021, Sri Lanka’s worst-ever marine disaster occurred when a fire erupted on the Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl container …
By Manoj Udugampola At a time Sri Lanka is in much need of increasing its foreign exchange reserves, the vast untapped potential of the country’s rubber …
By Amanda Balasooriya Kanthi is a 33-year-old working mother who resides in Kuliyapitiya. Her two-year-old daughter is enrolled at a private crèche located …
By Imesha Dissanayake State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) have many definitions to it, often entailing a definition of a legal entity engaged in a commercial …
By Tharindu Udayanga: The COVID-19 pandemic exerted significant downward pressure on global trade as well as the global economy at large. Unprecedented …
Whilst commending the recently concluded ‘Sri Lanka Invest Forum 2021’, MTI Consulting has highlighted the need to diligently track and progress …