With schools starting, businesses reopening, an election coming up and the curfew lifted, the big question on everyone’s mind is whether Sri Lanka is back to normal. Yet depending on who you ask and when you ask the answer to this question is likely to be different because we are not too far into this […]
In my last post entitled “Reemerging from the COVID-19 Recession,” I explained that restoring normalcy in the long run relies on rallying technological innovation, and highlighted some of the regulatory frameworks that will enable it. Realizing the importance of innovation, scientists, developers, engineers and policy makers across the world have put their heads together to come up […]
The last time I wrote a comprehensive piece about the economic impact of COVID-19 was almost two months ago back in mid March. At the time, there were just 140,000 cases of the disease across the world and we were only beginning to see some of the immediate economic effects of the pandemic. I ended the piece […]
If you have been following the news over the last few months, you might have noticed how often the word “unprecedented” is used to characterize the COVID-19 pandemic. However, although there may be no precedent for a pandemic of this scale in the information driven 21st century, epidemics, pandemics and the constant battle between humanity […]
At this point, almost every nation in the world has enforced strict lockdown measures in an effort to ensure social distancing and in turn minimize the spread of COVID-19. As a result, global and local economic engines have sputtered to a halt causing one of the biggest and novel recessions we have faced in decades. […]
COVID-19, the Corona Virus that originated in Wuhan and has been in the news for the last few months has brought the entire world to a halt in the last 5 to 6 days. With 137,445 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 5,088 deaths across almost 120 countries, it came as no surprise when the World […]