Sri Lanka: the origins of the crisis, a failed transition to organic and a flagging economy


Scene during a protest near the offices of former prime minister, now interim president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, in Colombo on July 13. ADNAN ABIDI / REUTERS

DECRYPTION – In great difficulty, this country of 22 million inhabitants is suffering from a series of contested decisions, the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic and the crisis in Ukraine.

This is one of the root causes of the political crisis in Sri Lanka: the economic collapse of the nation and its agriculture has jeopardized the country’s ability to feed its people, fueling anger. A rapid, multifactorial evolution, reinforced by the health crisis, on the one hand, and the war in Ukraine, on the other.

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