Dushni Weerakoon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3099696 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dushni Weerakoon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dushni |
| FAMILY NAME | Weerakoon |
| SIGNATURE | WEERAKOON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sri Lanka's debt troubles in the new development finance landscape
This paper examines the challenges middle-income countries face in the new development finance landscape as the overall costs and risks of a debt portfolio rises. Sri Lanka’s debt financed infrastructure push did not generate the envisaged economic growth. Inadequate debt management, policy deficiencies, and weak governance contributed to deliver low investment returns, exacerbated by the ability to borrow large sums up-front without conditions o…
The South Asian Free Trade Agreement
The South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA), due to have been implemented starting July 2006, has adopted a negative list approach permitting member countries to potentially exclude a substantial share of intraregional trade from the tariff liberalisation process. This study finds that the excluded trade amounts to nearly 53 per cent of current import trade amongst South Asian countries, bringing into question the future prospects for meaningful…
Globalisation and South Asia
Sri Lanka's debt troubles in the new development finance landscape
This paper examines the challenges middle-income countries face in the new development finance landscape as the overall costs and risks of a debt portfolio rises. Sri Lanka’s debt financed infrastructure push did not generate the envisaged economic growth. Inadequate debt management, policy deficiencies, and weak governance contributed to deliver low investment returns, exacerbated by the ability to borrow large sums up-front without conditions o…
Globalisation and South Asia
The South Asian Free Trade Agreement
The South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA), due to have been implemented starting July 2006, has adopted a negative list approach permitting member countries to potentially exclude a substantial share of intraregional trade from the tariff liberalisation process. This study finds that the excluded trade amounts to nearly 53 per cent of current import trade amongst South Asian countries, bringing into question the future prospects for meaningful…
Sri Lanka's debt troubles in the new development finance landscape
This paper examines the challenges middle-income countries face in the new development finance landscape as the overall costs and risks of a debt portfolio rises. Sri Lanka’s debt financed infrastructure push did not generate the envisaged economic growth. Inadequate debt management, policy deficiencies, and weak governance contributed to deliver low investment returns, exacerbated by the ability to borrow large sums up-front without conditions o…
Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Global trade and economics (2 works) · International trade (2 works) · Corporate governance (1 work) · Debt (1 work) · Debt financing (1 work) · Debt levels and flows (1 work) · Debt overhang (1 work)