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by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake  The writer, Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  Links to Gospa News articles have been added by our Editorial Staff Calls for divestment from BlackRock and other International Sovereign Bonds (ISB), have echoed across Columbia, Yale and many non-Ivy League universities in the United States recently. BlackRock is heavily invested in weapons companies fueling a genocidal war in Palestine. However, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF), debt restructuring operations in the Global South appear designed to ensure BlackRock’s enhanced profitability. BlackRock the world’s biggest investment fund manager and Sri Lanka’s largest […] #Asia #Featured #Government #Investigations #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/05/imf-mission-creep-while-green-blue-and-pink-washing-blackrock/?feed_id=12159

The Wealth of Nations and the Poverty of Theory: IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse, and Privatization of the Central Bank by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake  The writer, Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  Links to Gospa News articles have been added by our Editorial Staff With the world distracted by kinetic wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a hybrid economic proxy war against the Global Southand China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), for global connectivity is unfolding at this time of new Cold War: Across Asia, Africa and South America. 56 Low and Middle Income Countries […] #Asia #Featured #Life #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/05/wealth-of-nations-and-poverty-of-theory-implementation-of-great-reset-in-the-world/?feed_id=11591

In the spectrum of global economics, India has emerged as a shining star, seizing the coveted crown of the world’s fastest-growing economy. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive director Krishnamurthy Subramanian, India’s economic expansion in the final quarter of the previous year exceeded all expectations, showcasing a staggering growth rate of 8.4 percent between October and December 2023. This milestone represents the fastest pace of growth in six quarters, surpassing even the most optimistic projections. Subramanian asserts, “If you look at the GDP numbers, India is poised for about 8 percent growth this year, making India easily the […] #Asia #Government Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/03/india-emerges-into-worlds-fastest-growing-economy/?feed_id=9687

In the aftermath of the special military operation (SMO), the political West insisted that Russia was finished. Its economy was supposed to be in tatters, while the Kremlin was even expected to default after much of its foreign exchange (forex) reserves were frozen (i.e. stolen) by Western banks. After all this failed, the US-led belligerent power pole tried to impose the laughable price cap on Russian oil, one that even some of the most prominent Western nations tried to circumvent, including Japan and even the infamously Russophobic United Kingdom. As for the United States, it continued buying Russian commodities while criticizing everyone else who did. Still, through its […] #Featured #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/02/is-imf-pushing-russian-propaganda-now/?feed_id=8667

In the cover image Sri Lankan President unveils ambitious national green vision paving the way for a sustainable future Fri, Nov 3, 2023, 07:43 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a test case for 54 other countries in US dollar-Eurobond debt traps by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. All links to Gospa News articles have been added aftermath. We live in an age of anxiety, a nervous system, a state of permanent emergency that is conducive to a range of psychological operations (PSY-OPS). Anxiety narrows […] #Featured #Investigations #ScienceResearch #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/11/climate-science-fiction-through-biowarfare-and-directed-energy-weapons-versus-local-realities/?feed_id=6936

by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. All links to Gospa News articles have been added aftermath. An International Monetary Fund (IMF), team was in Sri Lanka from September 14-to 27 to discuss economic and financial policies and conduct the First Review of the Extended Fund Facility program comprised of a loan of USD 2.9 billion to be disbursed over four years. The  lender of last resorts was unable to reach a staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka in its first review under a $2.9bn bailout package. While the IMF team […] #Featured #Life #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/10/sri-lanka-debt-justice-collective-sends-alarming-open-letter-to-imf-on-ddo/?feed_id=4402

by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio VERSIONE IN ITALIANO Originally published on September, 14, 2023 Nearly 90% (33 of 38) of central banks monitored by the Bank for International Settlements raised interest rates in 2022, a dramatic shift away from the loose financial conditions that characterized the previous decade. With a rapid rise in rates, the risk of unintended consequences and policy error is high, with possible overshoot leading to a deeper and more prolonged economic downturn and potential global recession. This is the alarm raised by the Global Risk Report 2023 of the World Economic Forum released during the annual […] #Featured #Investigations #Life Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/10/great-reset-fed-ecb-imf-ready-to-sell-the-nations-to-blackrock/?feed_id=4142

In the cover image one of ne of the paradisiacal beaches of Sri Lanka, a nation at the center of an international hybrid war for the control of the island in a strategic position in the geopolitical and military area of the Indian Ocean by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. All links to Gospa News articles have been added aftermath. Sri Lanka continues to swing wildly between being a ‘Donor Darling’ flooded with foreign ‘aid’ and ‘advisors’ on the one hand, and a ‘bankrupt’ pariah or outcast on the […] #Featured #Life #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/08/from-donor-darling-to-outcast-sri-lanka-ignores-brics-amid-cold-war-and-climate-hypocrisy/?feed_id=2946

In the cover image one of ne of the paradisiacal beaches of Sri Lanka, a nation at the center of an international hybrid war for the control of the island in a strategic position in the geopolitical and military area of the Indian Ocean by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. All links to Gospa News articles have been added aftermath. Sri Lanka continues to swing wildly between being a ‘Donor Darling’ flooded with foreign ‘aid’ and ‘advisors’ on the one hand, and a ‘bankrupt’ pariah or outcast on the […] #Featured #Life #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/08/from-donor-darling-to-outcast-sri-lanka-ignores-brics-amid-cold-war-and-climate-hypocrisy/?feed_id=2918

di Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio VERSIONE IN ITALIANO «Nearly 90% (33 of 38) of central banks monitored by the Bank for International Settlements raised interest rates in 2022, a dramatic shift away from the loose financial conditions that characterized the previous decade. With a rapid rise in rates, the risk of unintended consequences and policy error is high, with possible overshoot leading to a deeper and more prolonged economic downturn and potential global recession». This is the alarm raised by the Global Risk Report 2023 of the World Economic Forum released during the annual international summit last January in which […] #Investigations #Life Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/08/great-reset-fed-ecb-imf-ready-to-sell-the-nations-to-blackrock/?feed_id=2738

di Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio VERSIONE IN ITALIANO «Nearly 90% (33 of 38) of central banks monitored by the Bank for International Settlements raised interest rates in 2022, a dramatic shift away from the loose financial conditions that characterized the previous decade. With a rapid rise in rates, the risk of unintended consequences and policy […] #Featured #Investigations #Life Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/08/great-reset-fed-ecb-imf-ready-to-sell-the-nations-to-blackrock/?feed_id=2610

by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. All links to Gospa News articles have been added aftermath. Topped off by a curious ‘coup’ attempt in Russia, June was a fascinating month with new geopolitical economic developments, twists and turns on many fronts: As US President […] #Featured #Investigations #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/a-new-wagner-opera-during-french-spring/?feed_id=2028

On the eve of the inauguration of Brazil’s leftist President Lula da Silva, January 1st, out-going Jair Bolsanaro headed to the United States.

As Cold War escalated in the Indian Ocean Region this year, Sri Lanka’s duel US Citizen, Finance Minister, Basil Rajapakse, hastily Staged a Default in April for the first time in its history-- enabling the Washington Consensus to make deep inroads into the strategic island’s policy process.

Reform the International Development Architecture?