‘Recovery of Sri Lanka’s Apparel Sector from COVID-19 Crisis’

The Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) will host a virtual panel discussion on the ‘Recovery of Sri Lanka’s Apparel Sector from the COVID-19 Crisis’ today from 2:30-3:30 pm. The panel will feature:

• A. Sukumaran, Chairperson, Joint Apparel Association Forum Sri Lanka (JAAFSL);

• Ms. Madhavie Gunawardena, Commissioner of Labour, Department of Labour; and

• Malith Jayasinghe, Director, Lesova Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. 

Kithmina Hewage, Research Economist, IPS, will moderate the panel discussion.

The COVID-19 outbreak is severely disrupting global apparel value chains, leading to reduction in exports, under-utilisation of production capacity, wage cuts, and partial laying-off of workers. As a part of IPS’ research examining the economy-wide impacts of the ongoing pandemic, we are undertaking a study on the ‘Impact of COVID-19 on the Apparel Sector’.