From crisis to recovery: How CGIAR’s BRIGHT Survey can catalyze evidence-based policy reforms in Sri Lanka

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIARen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.coverage.countrySri Lanka
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2LK
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierDEREK HEADEY: 0000-0003-2476-5131en
cg.creator.identifierJoanna Van Asselt: 0000-0002-0090-6166en
cg.creator.identifierOlivier Ecker: 0000-0001-7549-2511en
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Uniten
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Foresight and Policy Modeling Uniten
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.ifpri.org/blog/from-crisis-to-recovery-how-cgiars-bright-survey-can-catalyze-evidence-based-policy-reforms-in-sri-lanka/en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
cg.subject.impactPlatformPoverty Reduction, Livelihoods and Jobs
dc.contributor.authorHeadey, Derek D.en
dc.contributor.authorvan Asselt, Joannaen
dc.contributor.authorEcker, Olivieren
dc.contributor.authorBalié, Jeanen
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T17:16:56Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-21T17:16:56Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/169578
dc.titleFrom crisis to recovery: How CGIAR’s BRIGHT Survey can catalyze evidence-based policy reforms in Sri Lankaen
dcterms.abstractAs the American polymath W. Edwards Deming once famously said, “In God we trust; all others bring data.” Unfortunately, bringing data and evidence to policy deliberations has not always been the norm in Sri Lanka’s recent political history. From 2022 to the present, the country experienced the worst economic crisis since its independence—a crisis precipitated by policy decisions made without consideration of rigorous evidence or sound economic advice, including escalating government debt, depletion of foreign reserves, and a disastrous fertilizer import ban. Since late 2022, a bailout package by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and policy reforms have steadied Sri Lanka’s macroeconomy, though the ordinary citizen remains far poorer than she was before the crisis. The arrival of a new government in late 2024 led by the reform-minded National People’s Power (NPP) party offers a promising opportunity for policymakers and researchers to contribute much more to rebuilding the Sri Lankan economy. A key new resource for those efforts is the BRIGHT (Building Resilience, Inclusive Growth, and Holistic Transformation) survey.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHeadey, Derek; van Asselt, Joanna; Ecker, Olivier; and Balié, Jean. 2024. From crisis to recovery: How CGIAR’s BRIGHT Survey can catalyze evidence-based policy reforms in Sri Lanka. Blog post. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://www.ifpri.org/blog/from-crisis-to-recovery-how-cgiars-bright-survey-can-catalyze-evidence-based-policy-reforms-in-sri-lanka/en
dcterms.issued2024-12-20en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen
dcterms.subjectdataen
dcterms.subjectsurveysen
dcterms.subjectpovertyen
dcterms.subjectsocial safety netsen
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen
dcterms.typeBlog Post

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