Sri Lanka: How a ‘Model’ Welfare State Became ‘Sick Man of South Asia’
The Gotabaya Rajapaksa government’s culpability can be said to lie in steering the country into the clutches of neo-liberalism, though it may not have had a choice.
Nepal’s Economy in a Tight Spot
The government in Nepal says that the economic situation is not as bad as it is in Sri Lanka, but the opposition insists on measures to prevent a crisis. With the ruling coalition not on a firm footing in Parliament, political instability threatens to hobble economic recovery.
Sri Lanka: Averting the Looming Food Crisis
Key components of an alternate agriculture system should be diversification of production on agricultural lands, enhancing agrobiodiversity, integration of animal husbandry and multi-crop cultivation, crop rotation, and the protection and promotion of resilient local seed and plant varieties.