(The writer is a Co-Founder of Arutha and a Director at the organisation. Arutha is an economic research and civic education organisation established in 2022, with a primary focus on public debt and taxation) US President Donald Trump shocked the world on 2 April by announcing his Liberation Day tariffs – a spate of import…
Many newspapers are erroneously portraying the newly launched credit guarantee scheme (CGS) under the National Credit Guarantee Institution (NCGI) as a first-of-its-kind scheme. While the NCGI itself is a new institution set up to operationalise an ABD-funded CGS aimed at SMEs, CGS’s themselves are not a new phenomenon in Sri Lanka. Even the NCGI itself…
This article was written by Rehana Thowfeek, a Director of Arutha. Data is the bread and butter of all economists and researchers. Government, or rather public, data is a key source for many analyses on policy that we look at. Public data, while essential for research purposes, is of pivotal importance for the enforcement of…
This piece was written by Rehana Thowfeek for Arutha in partnership with Factum. The original article appeared in The Morning newspaper. Why is food so expensive in Sri Lanka? This is the question on the mind of every Sri Lankan as they go about doing their weekly grocery shop. The prices of basic food items…
Reforms have been sidestepped so far by successive governments due to their political ideologies and fears of upsetting the status quo, creating the explosive crisis that is currently threatening the wellbeing of their citizens.
