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The shift to online learning due to COVID-19 has increased the risk of poor children falling further behind in their studies.
Easing the pension burden in Sri Lanka demands structural reforms and a transition to a contributory model.
Upskilling through TVET and STEM education can help prepare female workers for the automation of apparel manufacturing in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Improve resource allocation, public sector efficiency, and asset maintenance.
The country’s first large-scale wind farm sets the groundwork for sustainable renewable energy investment and deployment.
Targeted, strategic, and innovative measures are needed to ensure edtech effectively promotes inclusiveness for marginalized and vulnerable children.
Introduce interventions that address childcare issues and employment segregation.
Nutrition-specific interventions should target the first 1,000 days, promote behavioral change, and focus on the most vulnerable.
Sri Lanka’s Aswesuma program can better support the vulnerable by refining targeting, improving data, and aligning aid with poverty reduction.
Leveraging technological innovations can help overcome growth constraints and increase agriculture’s economic contribution.