Consultants

Sirimal Abeyratne obtained his PhD in Economics from the Free University of Amsterdam, Master’s degree in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies (IISS) in the Hague and the Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Colombo. Prior to joining CEPA, he has served as an academic staff member of the Department of Economics of the University of Colombo and, retired from the University. His teaching and research activities covering a wide area of subjects, under Macroeconomics, International Economics and Development Economics. During his academic career running over 35 years, Sirimal has also served as a researcher and a consultant to several international organizations such as ADB, ILO, UNDP, JICA, JBIC and World Bank, local and international research institutes, government agencies and corporate sector organizations in Sri Lanka. He has authored a series of publications as books, book chapters and journal articles, while continued to be a newspaper columnist for the “Sunday Times” newspaper in Sri Lanka.

Areas of interest:  Policy reforms, Development issues including crises, poverty, conflicts, Trade and export promotion, Social protection and access to basic services