2022 Year in Review
The Year in Review is YDS’ biggest and most exciting publication of the year - featuring analysis that covers the most significant and impactful events that have shaped our world. The 2022 Year in Review explores key events in all regions, from the overturning of Roe v Wade, the war in Ukraine, and the UK leadership crisis, this year’s edition is not one to miss! Read it now !
The Year in Review is YDS’ biggest and most exciting publication of the year - featuring analysis that covers the most significant and impactful events that have shaped our world.
The 2022 Year in Review explores key events in all regions, from the overturning of Roe v Wade, the war in Ukraine, and the UK leadership crisis, this year’s edition is not one to miss!
Read it now !
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SRI LANKA'S
ECONOMIC
CRISIS
P H O T O : R E U T E R S
A N D T H E R O L E P L A Y E D B Y
F O R E I G N C R E D I T O R S
S o n i P o r w a l
P H O T O : C H A M I L A
K A R U N A R A T H N E / A A P
P H O T O : I S H A R A S K O D I K A R A / A F P
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis
since World War II. This crisis has driven
millions of people into poverty and is directly
impeding on their basic human rights due to
a shortage of food, medication and
electricity. From April 2022, citizens
protested for months against the
government led by former President
Gotabaya Rajyapaksha. The controversial
drama of the former President fleeing the
country, resigning and then another
President being appointed exposes the
political instability and fails to provide any
solution to the economic crisis.
Sri Lanka was considered a ‘donor darling’ in
the decades after independence with a
relatively high standard of living, good social
and medical services, an increasing tourism
sector and robust economic growth. The civil
war between majority Sinhalese Buddhists
and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelum started
in the 1980s and dragged on for two
decades, ending in 2009.
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