Dr Dushni Weerakoon  is the Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) and Head of its Macroeconomic Policy research. She joined IPS in 1994 after obtaining her PhD, and has written and published widely on macroeconomic policy, regional trade integration and international economics. She has extensive experience in public policy engagement having served the Government of Sri Lanka as an Appointed Member of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Trade and Productivity Commission, Committee on Trade Policy Formulation, Trade and Tariff Committee, Committee of Experts to negotiate the South Asian Free Trade Agreement, Macro and Trade Policy Steering Committee, amongst others. She has worked as a consultant to international organisations such as the World Bank, ADB, UN-ESCAP, UNDP and ILO, and served as a resource person on the Asia-Pacific Regional Trade Policy Course conducted by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and University of Hong Kong. She serves currently as a Series Editor of the South Asia Economic and Policy Studies for Springer publications, Editors-in-Chief of the South Asia Economic Journal, Editorial Board of the Journal of South Asian Development, and as Editor of the IPS’ annual flagship report ‘Sri Lanka: State of the Economy’.