All posts by Samanthi Gunawardana

Rethinking Microfinance in Post-War Sri Lanka: Mobilisation and Call for Reform

Samanthi Gunawardana | April 14, 2020

“First, it was the tsunami that destroyed our community. Then came the war. Now, it’s microfinance.” — Jesudadan Rajitha, The Federation of Women’s Rural Development Societies.

As the COVID-19 pandemic charts its savage path around the world, it is predicted that [...]

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Gendered Depletion in Export-Processing Zones

Samanthi Gunawardana | March 27, 2018

I am honored to receive the 2017 Australian International Political Economy Network Richard Higgott Journal article prize. I would like to thank all who voted in the long listing process and the Selection Committee for their recognition. I also note that research of this nature is an ongoing [...]

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