In Sri Lanka, Chaotic Social Security Reform Denies People’s Rights

Click to expand Image People walk on Pettah Street in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 3, 2023. © 2023 Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto via AP Last month, Sri Lanka’s electricity company cut power to Shanti’s home in a town near Colombo, where she lives with her sixteen-year-old son. Shanthi lost her job last year during a severe economic crisis still roiling the country, and now earns 300 rupees (US$0.95) per day – around half her previous wages – as a domestic cleaner. The crisis, which led to the government defaulting on its debt, also triggered soaring inflation, including for food, and Shanthi…

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