CERIS Howard Nicholas Master Development International Relations Politics

CERIS Closing Academic Year Speech 2011-2012 : Speech delivered by Howard Nicholas (International Institute of Social Studies - ISS, Den Haag)

Professor Howard Nicholas is a Sri Lankan economist and social scientist, Senior Lecturer in Economics at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. His areas of interest are non-neoclassical economics, capacity building for economics related policy and business decision making. Among his publications we cite: Macroeconomic dynamics of the Surinamese economy (Teaching case study, Lim A Po Institute, Suriname, 2009), 'Inflation in Sri Lanka: Ideology vs reality' (chapter contribution in felicitation volume for Prof. W.D. Lakshman. University of Colombo) ', in W.M. Wimalaratne (ed) The Economics of Professor W.D. Lakshman, (University of Colombo, 2008), "World Economic Crisis, Deflation, Recession, and the Coming Shift in the Balance of Global Economic Power" (Paper presented at Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October, 2008). M. Nicholas publishes also in Development and Change, the revue of the ISS and is a contributor to several national and international journals, his comments concerning mainly the status and future evolutions of the Sri Lankan economy.