Sri Lanka’s Future May Not Be All That Bleak – By Luke Hunt A conversation with economist Ganeshan Wignaraja. Source : thediplomat.com COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared yet another State of Emergency ahead of the next sitting of Parliament, whern politicians have promised an All Party Government (APG) will be formed and a new president elected this week. The next task will be to negotiate an IMF bailout, this country’s 17th since independence  in 1948, and a restructuring of debts totaling $51 billion while reining in hyperinflation, ending acute fuel shortages, and sending children back to school. It’s a big ask. Ganeshan Wignaraja is an internationally known development economist. He is a non-resident senior fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore and a senior research associate at ODI Global in London. Wignaraja spoke with The Diplomat’s Luke Hunt about ...

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