About Nisha Arunatilake

Nisha Arunatilake is the Director of Research and a fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) of Sri Lanka. She is also a research associate of the Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Institute of the Tulane University of New Orleans, USA; and, a Research Fellow of the Partnership of Economic Policy (PEP). She has considerable post-doctoral experience in conducting policy related economic research in labour market analysis, education, public finance and health. She has served in National Level Committees on labour, employment, human resource development, migration, health sector reform, and tobacco and alcohol policy formulation. She was the lead author of the 2nd National Human Development Report for Sri Lanka. Nisha Arunatilake holds a PhD in Economics from Duke University, USA.