Srilanka, Nov. 4 -- Introduction
Sri Lanka's economic recovery has achieved important milestones following the devastating crisis of 2022. Economic growth has resumed, fiscal management has improved, inflation has moderated from crisis levels, foreign reserves have strengthened, and debt restructuring has progressed. However, the recovery remains incomplete because improvements in macroeconomic indicators have not yet translated sufficiently into household prosperity. Recent observations highlighting the difficulties experienced by ordinary citizens raise an important question: how can the gap between macroeconomic recovery and people's everyday economic experiences be closed? Rather than treating these two perspectives as competing realit...