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This submission is made by the Institute of Political Economy (IPE), Sri Lanka, in response to the call for inputs issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to inform...
Sri Lanka’s approach to conservation finance will reverberate globally, offering either a template for community-centred environmental solutions or legitimising mechanisms that prioritise financial engineering...
Global Tax Reforms
There is currently a global debate calling for reform of the international corporate taxation system. The tax reforms proposed are aimed to protecting global public interests to seek...
POLYCRISIS AND RECONCILIATION
Centering the Experiences and Perspectives of Malaiyaha Tamils
This study explores the role of Malaiyaha Tamils in the
ongoing reconciliation discourse in Sri Lanka. Despite
the...
Alternative External Debt Restructuring Strategy Framework:
Aligning with Sri Lanka’s Foreign Currency Earnings and Capacity to Pay
Sri Lanka’s current debt restructuring framework falls short of delivering...
Prioritising National Benefit, People’s Wellbeing, and Environmental Sustainability
Introduction
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is widely seen as a driver of economic growth, technology transfer, and...
JUST ECONOMIC POLICY IN TIMES OF AUSTERITY
(Manisha Weeraddana)
Tax Defaults in the Context of Austerity
Under the IMF framework the austerity toolkit comes as perhaps the most sought out solution....
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...
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...
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...