Dr. Priyanga Dunusinghe

Dr. Priyanga Dunusinghe is a Professor in Economics in the Department of Economics, and Head – Department of Information Technology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has teaching, research, training, and consultancy experience for about 20 years. His areas of teaching are Econometrics, Statistics, Quantitative Techniques, Financial Institutions, Development Economics, and International Trade & Finance. His areas of research interest are macroeconomic policies; growth and development including agriculture, financial markets, poverty, labour, public debt, education and international trade & investment. Dr. Dunusinghe has also worked as a Consultant to the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation, World Bank, European Union, Asian Development Bank, International Labour Organisation, UN Conference on Trade and Development and to the Government of Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industries, Ministry of Labour, and Ministry of Agriculture. He has published several research articles in various prestigious journals and won a number of research awards. He is also a regular contributor to both printed and electronic media.