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Colombo, Development, Economy, Environment, Politics and Governance

Ecosystem Restoration? Stop the Continuing Destruction

The laudable theme of this year’s World Wildlife Day is Ecosystem Restoration. What a noble ideal but is it applicable to Sri Lanka? In the last two years, the country has seen…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 03/03/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance

All Shock and No Therapy for Hapless Population

Guardian A nation was promised vistas of prosperity and splendor and about 6.9 million voters opted for it, subsequently providing a two third parliamentary majority to implement the vision. A little over…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 02/02/202202/02/2022
Development, Economy, Human Rights, Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Poverty, Reconciliation

Water Pumps and Chickens: Rhetoric vs Reality in the North

December 19, 2021. Jaffna town. 6 am. Three motorcycles parked one behind the other at an angle with headlights on. Two armed military personnel, clad in black, on each motorcycle. Women headed…

Ambika Satkunanathan Ambika Satkunanathan on 01/23/202201/23/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Youth

To Flee or Not to Flee, That is the Question

Once known as being the best fed, most educated and healthiest people in South Asia, Sri Lankans are facing the bleak prospect of a full blown economic crisis that will dramatically push…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/19/202201/21/2022
Colombo, Development, Peace and Conflict, Poverty

Urban Beautification, Military Design

“As an abstract political force, poverty is very useful; it scares and disciplines the working classes, keeps wages down…” Parenti, 1999 Visible urban poverty disrupts the gilded cityscape. It shatters the sanctity…

Shenali Pilapitiya Shenali Pilapitiya on 01/10/202201/10/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance

Repay Foreign Debt or Finance Essential Imports

South China Morning Post The available foreign reserves of the country can be used to either repay foreign creditors or to finance imports of essential goods and services required by its citizens.…

Dr. Roshan Perera and Dr. Sarath Rajapatirana Dr. Roshan Perera and Dr. Sarath Rajapatirana on 01/09/202201/09/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Farming & Agriculture, Politics and Governance

How Sri Lanka Became a Nation of Beggars

Every economy in the world, developed or developing, is a topic for discussion today. Some economies are being discussed for their sound management, good governance, high growth and overcoming crises while other…

Chandrasena Maliyadde Chandrasena Maliyadde on 01/05/202203/22/2022
Colombo, Corruption, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance

State Owned Enterprises: A Major Crisis in the Making

Sri Lanka has a whopping 527 state-owned enterprises[1] (SOEs). The 55 SOEs classified as “strategically important” alone employ 10% of the public sector workforce[2] or about 1.9% of all workers. Such a…

Migara Rodrigo Migara Rodrigo on 01/03/202201/03/2022
Colombo, Corruption, Development, Environment, Politics and Governance

A Disastrous 2021 and Conservation Challenges in 2022

Environmental conservation in Sri Lanka is as challenging as the economy of the country. Environmental degradation is fully supported and carried out with the blessings of corrupt politicians. This has been the…

Jayantha Wijesingha Jayantha Wijesingha on 01/02/202201/02/2022
Colombo, Development, Education

A Migrant’s View

I was born in 1990, a time when Sri Lanka was still going through its 30-year civil war which ultimately ended in 2009. I lived in greater Colombo, and I went to…

Gayara De Silva Gayara De Silva on 12/18/202112/19/2021
Colombo, Corruption, Development, Economy, justice, Politics and Governance

Combatting Corruption is Everybody’s Fight

The sad story of corruption in Sri Lanka stretches far back and, by all accounts, will be stretching far into the future as well. On the 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) compiled…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/09/202112/09/2021
Colombo, Development, Economy, Environment, Farming & Agriculture, Politics and Governance, Science and Technology

Smashing Fertilizer Myths

About a decade ago, a statement by a medical doctor in the United States made overnight headlines. He was a popular television personality too. When he learned about the presence of arsenic…

Prof. Hiroshan Hettiarachchi Prof. Hiroshan Hettiarachchi on 11/23/202103/22/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance

A Gendered Analysis of Budget 2022

Every year in November the mainstream media is dedicated to economists for the analysis of the budget for the year. Because many of these analyses, which use a variety of technical terms,…

Kaushalya Ariyarathne Kaushalya Ariyarathne on 11/15/2021
Colombo, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance

Budget 2022: What’s in Store?

The Minister of Finance and Treasury officials have been busy putting the final touches to the 2022 budget. Numerous organizations, associations, chambers, critics and cheer leaders are even busier organizing pre-budget and…

Chandrasena Maliyadde Chandrasena Maliyadde on 11/11/202111/11/2021
Colombo, Development, Economy, Farming & Agriculture, Politics and Governance

Going Organic in a Planned, Sustainable Way

The new fertilizer policy introduced by the government has attracted heavy criticism from all sections of society; it has also received attention from the intellectual community. There is a good response from…

Prof. Hiroshan Hettiarachchi Prof. Hiroshan Hettiarachchi on 11/10/202103/22/2022

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