This is an empirical research study based on a questionnaire-based survey of 3,000 tsunami-affected households in the east, north, and south of Sri Lanka, incorporating 1,000 households in each region, and secondary data and literature. The objectives of this study are: (i) To provide a...

Sri Lanka defaulted on repayment of its external public debt in April-May 2022 for the first time in its history and was the first Asian country to do so in the past quarter century. This Working Paper provides an incisive account of the repeated blunders made by successive Governors as well as...