Online Workshop on Debt Restructuring: Development or Devastation? Building alliances for Debt Justice Advocacy | Invitation by Collective of Debt Justice Researchers in Sri Lanka | Wednesday, 10 April 2024 | 2 pm GMT April 10, 2024 Announcements, slider
A bloc to confront Global Debt Crisis: What role for Sri Lanka? Devaka Gunawardena April 10, 2024 Commentary, Conference on The African Debt Crisis and International Financial Architecture, IDEAs Conferences, slider, Themes, World Economy
African Debt Crisis and lessons for Lanka Ahilan Kadirgamar March 19, 2024 Articles, External Debt Crisis in Developing Countries, Featured Themes, Finance, slider, Themes, World Economy
Budget 2024 : An election budget or an IMF budget..? LST Roundtable: Analyzing Sri Lanka's 2024 Annual Budget with Dr. Ahilan Kadirgamar December 18, 2023 Finance, IDEAs Video Gallery, Themes, World Economy
Sri Lanka’s Retirement Funds Sacrificed, People Overtaxed to Serve IMF Debt Conditions Saurav Kumar December 18, 2023 Commentary, slider, Themes, World Economy
Paying with Austerity: The Debt Crisis and Restructuring in Sri Lanka C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jayati Ghosh and Debamanyu Das December 18, 2023 Articles, Blogs, C P Chandrasekhar, External Debt Crisis in Developing Countries, slider, Themes, World Economy
Pitfalls of Export-Led Growth Prabhat Patnaik December 11, 2023 Blogs, Commentary, Macroeconomic Policy, slider, Themes, Trade and Payments
Without Debt Relief, Sri Lanka’s Economy will keep Deteriorating Ahilan Kadirgamar and Hans Dembowski November 15, 2023 Commentary, Political Economy, slider, Themes, World Economy
Working People, IMF and Regime of Repression Ahilan Kadirgamar October 3, 2023 Commentary, Finance, slider, Themes, World Economy
IMF, Retirement Funds and Bailout Ahilan Kadirgamar September 18, 2023 Commentary, slider, Themes, World Economy
Sri Lanka’s Dangerous Domestic Debt Restructuring Jayati Ghosh and Kanchana N. Ruwanpura September 15, 2023 Blogs, Commentary, Jayati Ghosh, slider, Themes, World Economy
Commercialising Universities Ahilan Kadirgamar August 7, 2023 Commentary, Privatisation, slider, Themes
‘Shock Therapy’ Sri Lankan-style C. P. Chandrasekhar July 15, 2023 Blogs, C P Chandrasekhar, Commentary, External Debt Crisis in Developing Countries, Featured Themes, slider, Themes, World Economy
Sri Lankan Central Bank Moots Recast of Pension Funds, haircut on Sovereign Bonds Meera Srinivasan June 30, 2023 Commentary, External Debt Crisis in Developing Countries, Featured Themes, Political Economy, slider, Themes, World Economy
Govt.’s Free Market Policy could Push the Economy over the Cliff Ahilan Kadirgamar June 17, 2023 Commentary, Economy and Society, Prices and Inflation, slider, Themes
IMF – Doubling the Dose of Austerity C. P. Chandrasekhar and Charles Abugre May 17, 2023 Blogs, C P Chandrasekhar, Commentary, slider, Themes, World Economy
Sri Lanka’s Farmers Learn Lessons from Organic Debacle Benjamin Parkin May 4, 2023 Agriculture, Commentary, slider, Themes, World Economy
Debt Restructuring and Adjustment: Cases of Sri Lanka and Zambia Joint IEA/FDL webinar April 19, 2023 IDEAs Video Gallery, slider
IMF, Austerity and Social Protection Ahilan Kadirgamar April 17, 2023 Commentary, Economy and Society, slider, Themes
Panel Discussion: Debt Restructuring-cum Economic Adjustment Deals in Zambia and Sri-Lanka Friday March 17, 2023 | 9:00 AM ET | 2:00 PM Paris | 3:00 PM Lusaka | 6:30 PM Colombo March 16, 2023 Announcements
Improving the Solutions for Sri Lanka’s Debt Crisis Ishac Diwan, Jayati Ghosh, Ravi Kanbur, Sharmini Coorey and Shanta Deverajan March 11, 2023 Blogs, External Debt Crisis in Developing Countries, Featured Themes, Finance, IDEAs Video Gallery, Jayati Ghosh, slider, Themes, World Economy
Lecture on “Debt Restructuring, Austerity and the IMF Trap in Sri Lanka” Dr. Ahilan Kadirgamar | March 1, 2023. March 2, 2023 Activities, Certificate Programme, Economy and Society, External Debt Crisis in Developing Countries, Featured Themes, Finance, slider, World Economy
Lecture on “Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis and the Unravelling Global Order” Dr. Ahilan Kadirgamar | February 27, 2023. March 1, 2023 Activities, Certificate Programme, Economy and Society, External Debt Crisis in Developing Countries, Featured Themes, Finance, slider, Themes, World Economy
Lessons from Sri Lanka’s Sovereign Debt Crisis Jayati Ghsoh February 24, 2023 Blogs, External Debt Crisis in Developing Countries, Featured Themes, IDEAs Video Gallery, Jayati Ghosh, Themes, World Economy
Discussing Debt Restructuring-Cum Economic Adjustment Deals In Zambia and Sri-Lanka Zoom Webinar | Friday 17th March 2023 9:00 am ET | 14:00 Paris | 15:00 Lusaka | 18:30 Colombo February 23, 2023 Announcements
Rising U.S. interest rates push countries in Global South toward Economic Collapse Jomo Kwame Sundaram February 18, 2023 Blogs, Economy and Society, IDEAs Video Gallery, Themes
Bonds of Debt C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh September 6, 2022 Articles, Blogs, C P Chandrasekhar, External Debt Crisis in Developing Countries, Featured Themes, Finance, slider, Themes
Kerosene Price Hike: Setting the rural and urban periphery on fire Devaka Gunawardena and Ahilan Kadirgamar August 24, 2022 Commentary, Economy and Society, slider, Themes
A Long Road Ahead for Sri Lanka Ahilan Kadirgamar and Devaka Gunawardena July 23, 2022 Commentary, External Debt Crisis in Developing Countries, Featured Themes, Political Economy, slider, Themes
Are Global Commodity Prices Responsible for the Current Crises in Emerging Markets? C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh July 12, 2022 Articles, Commodities, Macroeconomic Policy, slider, Themes
Why Sri Lanka’s Economic Policy Trajectory Must Change Devaka Gunawardena and Ahilan Kadirgamar July 11, 2022 Commentary, Economy and Society, Finance, slider, Themes
Reflections on the Sri Lankan Economic Crisis Prabhat Patnaik May 2, 2022 Blogs, Commentary, Economy and Society, External Debt Crisis in Developing Countries, Featured Themes, slider, Themes
Crisis in an Island Economy C. P. Chandrasekhar April 6, 2022 Blogs, C P Chandrasekhar, Commentary, Economy and Society, External Debt Crisis in Developing Countries, Featured Themes, slider, Themes
A New Political Regime Post-2010 in Sri Lanka: A hybrid regime Laksiri Jayasuria May 24, 2013 Commentary, Political Economy
International Workshop on ‘New Directions in Financial Regulation organised by International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs) and the Centre for Banking Studies, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 22-26 November, 2011 September 27, 2011 Activities
Combining Bad Economics with Proto-geography Sumanasiri Liyanage August 31, 2010 Commentary, Industry, Poverty and Inequality