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The minimum wage must ensure broad coverage, reflect workers' needs, align with economic conditions, and focus on low-income earners.
Easing the pension burden in Sri Lanka demands structural reforms and a transition to a contributory model.
Debt-for-climate-and-nature swaps provide Sri Lanka with a practical solution to ease debt, combat climate change, and protect biodiversity.
Proper monitoring and regulation of traditional medicine and its integration with western medicine can enhance the quality of health care response.
Future-proof workers against the impact of future pandemics by strengthening community- and evidence-based initiatives.
The pandemic has called attention to the health and financial well-being of older persons.
Sri Lanka’s Aswesuma program can better support the vulnerable by refining targeting, improving data, and aligning aid with poverty reduction.
Adjust the tax rate in response to inflation and income growth to sustain its potency in discouraging sugar-sweetened beverages consumption.
Improvements in pipeline infrastructure and better customer metering led to significant nonrevenue water reduction and an increase in revenue.
Within a week of installing environmental nudges, handwashing with soap among students rose to 61% from 15%.