Four years ago the World Economic Forum announced their plans to make Sri Lanka rich by 2025.
How we will make Sri Lanka rich by 2025 | World Economic Forum
The Sri Lanka economy has since collapsed.
Why Sri Lanka’s economy collapsed, and what’s next for the island nation?
“The roots of this chaos can be traced to Rajapaksa’s wrong-headed thinking on farming. In his 2019 manifesto, he pledged to transform Sri Lanka into an ‘organic’ nation within a decade – reducing and eventually banning chemical fertilisers, herbicides and insecticides.
It’s a pledge that would probably win votes here, too. Who wouldn’t, in principle, want a greener future, free of nasty chemicals? But the trade-off, as Sri Lanka learnt the hard way, is food production tumbling over a cliff. For them, going green meant going hungry.”
