V(accine)-Shaped Recovery? Asia Securities Sri Lanka Investment Conference weighs in on 2021 health and economic priorities
December, 17, 2020
The fight against COVID-19 has been widely framed as a trade-off between managing the ongoing public health crisis and salvaging the economy. Both public health and economic thought leaders now indicate that this a false dichotomy.
Speaking at the 4th Annual Asia Securities Sri Lanka Investment Conference, an expert panel comprising Prof. Neelika Malavige, University of Sri Jayewardenepura; Dr. Ravindra P. Rannan-Eliya, Institute for Health Policy; and Dr. Dushni Weerakoon, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, agreed that that any lasting economic recovery will depend on resolving the COVID-19 health crisis.