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Resisting the Liberal Left’s Framing of the Economic Alternative – Shiran Illanperuma
SWRD Bandaranaike, Philip Gunawardena, DA Rajapaksa and others, at launch of Chandrika Wewa in 1958 In a recent intervention for Polity, Devaka Gunawardena argues that

Structural Adjustment of Women’s Labour in Agriculture in Sri Lanka – Buddhima Padmasiri
Women’s empowerment through employment is not a new focus for international financial institutions and development agencies. It was also among the objectives of the ‘structural

Meaning and Critique in Women’s Narratives of Care and Work – Nadia Augustyniak
Arguments about the economic benefits of women’s labour participation go hand in hand with assumptions about the personal value of women’s work, often framed in

Statement by academics on dealing with Sri Lankan debt, January 2023
Sri Lanka, along with many other low- and middle-income countries, has experienced a series of financial shocks due to both external and internal factors. Global

Resisting the Nationalist Right’s Framing of the Economic Alternative – Devaka Gunawardena
Given the design of the Budget for 2023, it is unlikely that Sri Lanka’s working people will see relief anytime soon. The current Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa Government

“The Disaster (Before and) After the Disaster”: Writing the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami – Gnei Soraya Zarook
The Indian Ocean tsunami that was triggered on December 26, 2004[i], killed approximately 35,000 people in Sri Lanka, rendered 800,000 people homeless, destroyed 78,000 homes,