Anushka Wijesinha is an Economist based in Colombo and is Co-founder of the public policy think tank, Centre for a Smart Future. He works with international development organisations on technical assistance projects in South and South East Asia. He was previously Advisor to the Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade, the Chief Economist of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, and an Asia Foundation Development Fellow at the Korea Development Institute. He was a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Innovation Ecosystems, and the Monetary Policy Consultative Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.