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Sri Lanka: Shifts in Political Consciousness

The spirit of the protest movement and the economic suffering of the people have been channeled into the electoral outcome. By Ahilan Kadirgamar...

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Comrade President? Change and Continuity in Sri Lanka

By Balasingham Skanthakumar Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s (AKD) victory on 21 September as the candidate of the center-left National People’s Power (NPP) coalition is...

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Sri Lanka Is Experiencing a Political Earthquake

By Balasingham Skanthakumar This month, Sri Lanka elected an avowedly left-wing president for the first time. The new administration will be caught between...

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Sri Lanka’s new president seeks changes to the IMF deal

Sri Lanka’s new president Thursday urged the IMF to consider “alternative means” to continue with a $2.9 billion bailout that aided his country...

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Charles Abugre

Charles Abugre is the Executive Director at International Development Economics Associates. 

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Jayati Ghosh

Jayati Ghosh is a member of the Club of Rome’s Transformational Economics Commission and Co-Chair of the Independent Commission for the Reform of...

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Sri Lanka’s People Need a New Debt Deal

by C P Chandrasekhar,Martin Guzman,Jayati Ghosh & Charles Abugre Sri Lanka’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, must reject his predecessor’s recent debt-restructuring deal...

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Martín Guzmán

Martín Guzmán was born in La Plata, Argentina. He served as Minister of Economy of the Republic of Argentina from December 2019 to July...

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C P Chandrasekhar

C P Chandrasekhar is a Research Director at International Development Economics Associates and a former professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New...

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High-Level IMF Team Meets Sri Lankan Government to Discuss Economic Reforms

A high-level delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived in Sri Lanka today (02) to engage with the newly formed government led...