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Economies of Resistance: Sri Lanka, the IMF, and the Need for Radical Alternatives”
Professor Jayati Ghosh Interviewed by Sakuna M Gamage Professor Jayati Ghosh is one of the world’s foremost development economists, known forher incisive critiques of neoliberalism and global financial...
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Grounding Economic Policies in Tumultuous Times
Rethinking the Indebted Sri Lankan Economy   We live in volatile times, unprecedented by many accounts. For highly indebted countries like Sri Lanka, navigating this instability by assuming we turn to...
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Trump Tariffs and IMF
Sri Lanka Needs a Plan B.   Introduction   Sri Lanka stands at a critical juncture in its economic recovery, with the forthcoming performance review of IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement shaping...
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NPP's Political Appointments
Political Appointments: A Test for the NPP’s Economic Vision.   The planned appointment of Duminda Hulangamuwa, as reported by the Daily Mirror on 16 March, as the next Secretary to the Ministry of Finance,...
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Debt Justice for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s debt crisis underscores the urgent need for legislative reforms to address the inequities in sovereign debt resolution. Without mechanisms to enforce private creditor participation and ensure...
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The Burden of Interest Costs
Fiscal and Redistributive Reform The Sri Lankan government’s treasury is currently facing a significant burden due to high interest costs on Treasury Bonds, which is severely constraining the fiscal space...
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Sri Lanka's ISB Restructuring
Dhanusha Gihan Pathirana Economist Institute of Political Economy Key Takeaways The revised bondholder agreement may cause balance of payments instability even in the short term. The ISB repayments will...
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Building a Social Security System in Sri Lanka
  Dr Stephen Kidd   Advisory Board, Institute for Political Economy CEO, Development Pathways Key Takeaways   A survey by the Right to Life Human Rights Centre found that 37 per cent of Sri Lanka’s population...
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Sri Lanka's new president faces uphill battle to revive debt-ridden economy
September 21 was a day of many firsts in Sri Lanka. Millions of people went to the polls to vote in the first presidential elections since mass protests forced the country’s last elected president, Gotabaya...
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake:  Sri Lanka’s Desire to Chart a New Course.
The people of Sri Lanka have spoken. In a historic moment, Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected as the nation’s  president, marking a new chapter in Sri Lanka’s political history. This election, deeply...
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