Kithmina Hewage

Aug 29, 2024 | weforum.org | Kithmina Hewage

Asian governments are grappling with the dual challenges of fostering growth and economic opportunity alongside providing adequate welfare. Government procurement has been too long overlooked as a way to tackle both these goals simultaneously. Across Asia, governments have an opportunity to elevate the role of social enterprises and nonprofits while creating more vibrant economies.

Nov 10, 2023 | notiulti.com | Fatima Raza |Noorulain Naseem |Kalpit Mankikar |Kithmina Hewage

El Voces del sur de Asia El equipo organizó dos seminarios web sobre la evolución del papel de China en los asuntos económicos, militares y políticos de varios estados del sur de Asia. El primer seminario web se centró en las inversiones de China en Afganistán y Pakistán. Arash Yaqin y Saba Sattar defendieron que China es un socio económico confiable para Afganistán. Sin embargo, reconocieron que existen varios desafíos de seguridad sobre el terreno que impiden una cooperación eficaz.

Jul 19, 2023 | southasianvoices.org | Arash Yaqin |Kithmina Hewage |Shafi Md Mostofa

In 2017, South Asian Voices published a series examining China’s evolving role in South Asia, where contributors discussed Beijings’s strategic and economic goals in several South Asian countries. Over the past six years, China’s role in the region has shifted in significant ways.

Mar 20, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Kithmina Hewage

Kithmina V. Hewage is senior adviser at the Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society in Hong Kong. Developing Asian economies including Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are facing severe fiscal constraints and struggling to fund even basic government services.