Sri Lanka

Why Sri Lanka is facing one of its worst economic crises

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Sri Lanka economic crisis - Inflation has reached an all-time high of 17.5% Image: Unsplash/Raissa Lara Lütolf (-Fasel)

R. Ramakumar
Professor of Economics, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
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