Many in the Indian right believe India saw no progress before 2014. Some in the Indian left believe that progress (esp. for the poor) decelerated after 1982/1991. Both are demonstrably untrue.

Short piece I wrote a week ago on the SL - Thailand FTA themootcourtbench.com/news/some-prel…

Whenever I see someone blaming something on "capitalism", I substitute, "the society in which I live", and then it starts making much more sense. In most such cases their complaint isn't really about a market economy with private ownership of means of production & profits.

Short explainer on the proposed property tax👇 (previous link was down) lexag.medium.com/explainer-the-…

Not the main point but it was a lively panel. Touched on tools we are building (w/ WatchDog) for journalists & fact checkers, general responsible AI approaches (Merl Syrex Chandana Global Index on Responsible AI ) & policy work on platform governance & taxation (Gayani Hurulle, Shenali Bamaramannage)

The Golden Road is currently in the press! The first finished copies roll off in a week, and it will be published in a month, on 5th September

With a $3.47B digital economy, Sri Lanka's reliance on outdated tax models is costing revenue. How can we ensure tech giants pay their dues? How can new policies level the playing field? Read more in this article by Gayani Hurulle & Shenali Bamaramannage. wp.me/p9mjf9-h4N

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There are maps, and then there are maps. When someone is honest with data, they strive to design maps that faithfully represent the underlying information, capturing patterns and nuances as accurately as possible. But when the goal is to push a simplistic agenda, the map (or

Excellent from Daniel Alphonsus "Corruption is not the cause for this crisis. Sri Lanka’s economic woes are overwhelmingly a result of stupidity, not corruption." ft.lk/columns/Corrup…

Will be speaking about what Responsible AI looks like in our part of the world. Open for everybody!

Yasith Fernando Ashwini Natesan Senior Project Scientist, Data Science & Public Policy Lab, Carnegie Mellon University, @amarekas discusses the challenge of making value judgments in the abstract, using the example of purpose specification of data. He highlights the balance between protecting health data and its drawing

Had an incredible time in June connecting with 13 other colleagues from around the world, engaging with the Fund’s world economic outlook for the year ahead, and learning about its initiatives on technology, gender, and climate change. Here’s a summary of our experience🔽

Treatment and control groups ready and waiting for the randomly assigned respondents at the last weekend of LIRNEasia quasi experimental research on what treatments works against #misinformation. IDRC | CRDI funding. Many centers doing this today. This is Horana, #srilanka

This is another nice example of how publicly available geospatial data can be used to build a sampling frame from scratch. documents.worldbank.org/en/publication…

Since there have been requests for a summary of the entire #CargillsBreach, here is one collating what I've been posting on X. It's not paywalled, despite being on Patreon. patreon.com/posts/125818665

Maldives 🇲🇻 aims for digital to contribute to 15% of GDP by 2030. Where do we stand? 🆕Report examines five key pillars: #government, #people, #economy, #connectivity & #regulation - to assess the nation's current position and chart a path forward.💻: bit.ly/3SAMjIM

Maldives 2.0 places digital at the center of national development.🆕policy note identifies opportunities to strengthen measurement, strategy, and coordination to build a stronger, more inclusive #DigitalMaldives ⌨️: bit.ly/45EcOEA

The Maldives has made steady progress on its digital transformation journey, with clear opportunities for further advancement. The 'State of Digital in the Maldives – An In-depth Assessment' highlights the current state of the country’s digital landscape, while the accompanying