Nisha Arunatillake

IPS (Sri Lanka)

Areas of expertise:

Economy

Nisha Arunatilake is the Director of Research IPS. She heads the Labour, Employment and Human Resource Development research unit. Her research interests include labour market analysis, education and skill development, migration and development and health economics. She holds a BSc in Computer Science and Mathematics with summa cum laude from the University of the South, USA and an MA and PhD in Economics from Duke University, USA.

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Resource Digest on Pandemics, Public Health and Economic Prosperity

- March 31, 2021
IPS (Sri Lanka)
COVID-19 provides a unique opportunity to ‘build back better' and divert Sri Lanka’s limited resources to where they are most needed.

Weathering Disasters: Why it Pays to be Prepared

- October 5, 2020
IPS (Sri Lanka)
Preparedness can reduce the resulting socio-economic costs of different types of disasters.

Easter Attacks in 2019 vs. COVID-19 Outbreak of 2020: What Lies Ahead for Sri Lanka?

- April 3, 2020
IPS (Sri Lanka)
On Easter Sunday last year, Sri Lanka was shocked by a series of bomb attacks. The country is again under curfew.

COVID-19 and the Road Ahead for Sri Lanka’s Three Wheeler Industry

- April 21, 2020
IPS (Sri Lanka)
In the Colombo district, drivers who usually earn LKR 2,000-3,000 a day, have no income at all, because of the continuous curfew.

Working Remotely in the Age of COVID: Who is Left Behind?

- March 8, 2021
IPS (Sri Lanka)
Reducing gender inequalities in access to ICT can improve economic activities under Work From Home.

COVID-19in the Global South

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