This piece was written by Yenuli Ranaweera, a Research Assistant and Rojie Ekanayake, a Programme and Research Officer at Arutha. Imagine a mother rising long before dawn. Her day begins with making breakfast for her family, packing lunches, waking the children, and getting them ready for school. She tackles the laundry, goes grocery shopping, and…
This was written by Rojie Ekanayake. She is a Programme and Research Officer at Arutha. Arutha is a Colombo-based policy think tank focused on economic research and communication with a special interest in public debt and taxation. Its economic civic education initiative, Default LK, was established during Sri Lanka’s first-ever sovereign default in 2022 A…
This piece was written by Yenuli Ranaweera. She is a Research Assistant at Arutha. Arutha is a Colombo-based policy think tank focused on economic research and communication with a special interest in public debt and taxation. Its economic civic education initiative, Default LK, was established during Sri Lanka’s first-ever sovereign default in 2022. The Sri…
This piece was written by Yolani Fernando, the Executive Director at Arutha. There are very few things that unite Sri Lankans as passionately as our love for tea and now our hatred of taxes. These past years of constant tax reforms have kept taxes in the public eye much more than usual. And while we…
This article summarises the findings of the first issue of the ‘Sri Lanka-China Economic Brief’ published by Arutha China has become Sri Lanka’s largest foreign creditor, foreign investor, and top importing source in just two decades. After Sri Lanka’s sovereign default, China remained crucial to Sri Lanka’s economic recovery and External Debt Restructuring (EDR) process. …
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 article was written by Rojie Ekanayake from Arutha in partnership with Factum. It originally appeared in The Morning newspaper. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Arutha. Among the various indicators that economists generally rely on to assess the health of the economy, the unemployment…
This article was written by Yolani Fernando from Arutha in partnership with Factum. It originally appeared in The Morning newspaper. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Arutha. Despite elections slated to be held only towards the latter part of the year, Sri Lankans are already…
This article aims to answer the most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on debt restructuring. It was written by Rehana Thowfeek and Umesh Moramudali from Arutha, and Théo Maret in partnership with Factum. The original article appeared in The Morning newspaper. What is sovereign debt restructuring? Sovereign debt restructuring is the process used by countries to…
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…
