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Explainer: Why Sri Lanka’s Economy Collapsed and What’s Next

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA – Sri Lanka’s prime minister said late last month that the island nation’s debt-laden economy had ‘collapsed’ as it runs out of money to pay for food and fuel. Short of cash to pay for imports of such necessities and already defaulting on its debt, it is seeking help from neighboring India and China and from the International Monetary Fund.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took office i