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How the IMF bailout is changing Sri Lanka’s foreign policy
The recent IMF bailout package has significantly shifted Sri Lanka’s foreign policy with major players such as China, India and the United States, though such shifts do not seem to bode well for its people
Uditha Devapriya | Mar 30, 2023
Election in the Northeast, Bangladesh’s lopsided deal with Adani Power, ‘Gaadi’ and more
March - Updates and analysis from around the region
The Editors | Mar 08, 2023
Sri Lanka’s great IMF lie
Decades of looking to the IMF for salvation has yielded only crises. Sri Lanka’s economic crisis demands urgent relief measures for a desperate citizenry and a new, self-sufficient model of development
Ahilan Kadirgamar and Devaka Gunawardena | Feb 20, 2023
Sri Lanka’s local elections are a major threat to the ruling class
Rising anger, prolonged economic crisis, painful IMF-backed policies and the government’s anti-democratic tendencies are creating a volatile mix, with Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Rajapaksas and Sri Lanka’s political elites on alert
Jayadeva Uyangoda | Feb 13, 2023
Silent strikes in Myanmar, rising militancy and debt in Pakistan, The Elephant Whisperers and more
February - Updates and analysis from around the region
The Editors | Feb 08, 2023
Rebound or relapse: Debt restructuring in a time of crisis
A crossborder discussion on economic precarity and the impacts of ongoing debt restructuring processes and negotiations with the IMF in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The Editors | Jan 25, 2023
The human dimension to Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
On rising poverty, income inequality, and potential solutions.
The Editors | Oct 14, 2022
IMF, World Bank and COVID-19
How have global financial institutions responded to the economic crisis triggered by the viral outbreak?
The Editors | Apr 30, 2020
Infrastructure redefined
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will aid the global economy.
CP Chandrasekhar | May 18, 2016
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