Sri Lanka
Situation Overview The crisis in Sri Lanka has resulted in food insecurity, threatened livelihoods, shortage of essential medical items, and rising protection concerns. Sri Lanka continues to experience its worst economic crises since independence, deepened by increasing risk…
Sri Lanka
In early 2022, Sri Lanka was confronted with an unprecedented multi-dimensional crisis, the worst since the country’s independence in 1948. It was exacerbated by an already vulnerable economy still recovering from the effects of the COVID-19…
Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka
Operational Updates Household food security survey • Preliminary findings from the Household Food Security Survey revealed that 16 percent of households were moderately food insecure in late 2024, while 27 percent of households were consuming inadequate diets. WFP…
Sri Lanka
Description of the Event Date of event 02-06-2024 What happened, where and when? The significant intensification of the Southwest monsoon, which began in mid-May 2024, escalated on 2 June 2024. Several areas in the Western, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, and Northwestern provinces…
Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) has two main aims. First, it reports on key developments over the past 12 months in Sri Lanka’s economy, places these in longer term and global contexts, and updates the…
Sri Lanka
KEY HIGHLIGHTS • The Sri Lankan economy grew by 5.0% in 2024, rebounding from a 2.3% contraction in 2023. However, the agriculture sector experienced a decline of 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous year and a…
Sri Lanka
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