Shiran Illanperuma

Shiran Illanperuma is an independent journalist and researcher. He is currently reading for a master’s degree in economic policy at SOAS University of London.

The deep roots of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis

In ‘Crisis in Sri Lanka and the World’, Asoka Bandarage finds the sources of Sri Lanka’s present crisis and of the people’s struggle of 2022 in colonial underdevelopment and a warped global economic system – but solutions remain elusive

By Shiran Illanperuma

/ 11 May 2024

The deep roots of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis