In more recent times the British colonial culture has also influenced the local context, and this can be seen in the superb architecture, strong infrastructure and prevalence of the English language. In 2009, the longstanding civil war ended and Sri Lanka emerged to become one of the fasted growing economies in the world, with its per capital income doubling since 2005. During this time, poverty also fell from 15.2% to 7.6%, and unemployment from 7.2% to 4.9%. While the production and export of goods such as tea, rubber and other commodities as important as ever, Sri Lanka’s economy today is driven primarily by textiles, garments and tourism.