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Supporting socio economic recovery of Micro, Small Enterprises in Sri Lanka during Covid–19 Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
In the Asia-Pacific region alone, as many as 81 million jobs have been lost due to COVID-19, and labour markets are facing significant slack in terms of unemployment, underemployment and inactivity.
“COVID – 19 has triggered an economic slowdown in Sri Lanka that has particularly hit the tourism, manufacturing and MSE sectors,” said Country Director for the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Simrin Singh.
She spoke to Daily News Business on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world of work - discussing adapting to the new norms of working, the future of remote working, the most hard-hit due to the pandemic and the plight of local Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs).