18 February 2020 > 19 February 2020
Colombo, Sri Lanka
CADTM SOUTH ASIA WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, DEBT AND MICRO-CREDIT, COLOMBO, 18-19 FEBRUARY 2020
| TUESDAY, 18 FEBRUARY | ||
| 0930-1000 | Registration | |
| 1000-1030 | Welcome and Introductions | Linus Jayatilake |
| United Federation of Labour | ||
| Communication of the message sent by the United Nation Independent Expert on Debt and Human Rights | ||
| 1030-1040 | Tea Break | |
| Session 1: | Global situation including debt | |
| Moderator: | Sandun Thudugala | |
| Law & Society Trust | ||
| 1040-1140 | Global Perspective | Eric Toussaint |
| CADTM International | ||
| Sri Lankan situation | Prof (retd) Sumanasiri Liyanage | |
| Economics Department, University of Peradeniya | ||
| 1140-1150 | Tea Break | |
| 1150-1330 | Debt scenario in South Asia | Amali Wedagedara |
| Alliance for Economic Democracy | ||
| Monower Mostafa | ||
| Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt | ||
| Abdul Khaliq | ||
| CADTM Pakistan | ||
| Sushovan Dhar | ||
| CADTM India | ||
| 1330-1430 | Lunch | |
| Session 2: | Micro Credit and other private illegitimate debts | |
| 1430-1700 | Moderator: | Rabbiya Bajwa |
| Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan | ||
| Introduction | Nathan Legrand | |
| CADTM Secretariat | ||
| Sri Lanka | Vidura Munasinghe | |
| Law & Society Trust | ||
| Bangladesh | Monower Mostafa | |
| Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt | ||
| Morocco | Omar Aziki | |
| CADTM-ATTAC Morocco | ||
| India | Sushovan Dhar | |
| CADTM India | ||
| WEDNESDAY, 19 FEBRUARY | ||
| Session 3: | International Financial Institutions | |
| Moderator: | Herman Kumara | |
| National Fisheries Solidarity Organization (NAFSO) | ||
| 0930-1100 | Introduction & general perspective | Eric Toussaint |
| CADTM International | ||
| Chinese investment in Sri Lanka | Dr Darini Rajasingham | |
| Alliance for Economic Democracy | ||
| Energy Projects in Bangladesh under Belt & Road Initiative | Hasan Mehedi | |
| Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt | ||
| China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) | Abdul Khaliq | |
| CADTM Pakistan | ||
| 1100-1110 | Tea Break | |
| 1110-1130 | Session 3 continues | |
| Session 4: | Debt as a tool for women’s oppression | |
| 1140-1300 | Moderator: | |
| Feminisation of micro finance | Nalini Ratnarajah | |
| South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) | ||
| 1300-1400 | Lunch | |
| Session 5 | ||
| 1400-1700 | Strategy & Planning | |
| Declaration | ||
| Moderators | Amali Wedagedara | |
| Alliance for Economic Democracy | ||
| Sushovan Dhar | ||
| CADTM India | ||
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