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MS Christina Laskaridis' Outputs (10)

Common challenges for all? A critical engagement with the emerging vision for post-pandemic development studies (2023)
Journal Article
Wiegratz, J., Behuria, P., Laskaridis, C., Pheko, L. L., Radley, B., & Stevano, S. (2023). Common challenges for all? A critical engagement with the emerging vision for post-pandemic development studies. Development and Change, 54(5), 921-953. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12785

The COVID-19 pandemic motivated calls for the field of development studies to be recast. This article analyses two prominent, future-gazing ‘pandemic papers’ to illustrate salient features of the ascendant trend towards a new ‘global development’ par... Read More about Common challenges for all? A critical engagement with the emerging vision for post-pandemic development studies.

When push came to shove: COVID-19 and debt crises in low-income countries (2021)
Journal Article
Laskaridis, C. (2021). When push came to shove: COVID-19 and debt crises in low-income countries. Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 42(1/2), 200-220. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2021.1894102

The pandemic brought to the fore the long-standing weaknesses of resolving countries’ debt repayment difficulties. This article examines the response by the G20 and the IMF in the first six months of the pandemic focusing on low-income countries. Thi... Read More about When push came to shove: COVID-19 and debt crises in low-income countries.

Debt sustainability: towards a history of theory, policy and measurement (2021)
Thesis
Laskaridis, C. Debt sustainability: towards a history of theory, policy and measurement. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Since the early 2000s, debt sustainability is assessed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) through a policy template called Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA). This thesis examines the origins of Debt Sustainability Analysis (... Read More about Debt sustainability: towards a history of theory, policy and measurement.

The use of development funds for de-risking private investment: how effective is it in delivering development results? (2020)
Report
Van Waeyenberge, E., Dimakou, O., Bayliss, K., Laskaridis, C., Bonizzi, B., & Farwa, S. (2020). The use of development funds for de-risking private investment: how effective is it in delivering development results?

The use of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to mobilise private finance is increasingly seen as essential to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Numerous development agencies have set up diverse de-risking initiatives to attract priva... Read More about The use of development funds for de-risking private investment: how effective is it in delivering development results?.

Global Liquidity, the Private Sector and Debt Sustainability in Sub‐Saharan Africa (2019)
Journal Article
Bonizzi, B., Laskaridis, C., & Toporowski, J. (2019). Global Liquidity, the Private Sector and Debt Sustainability in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Development and Change, 50(5), 1430-1454. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12507

This article analyses the effect of changes in international financial markets on the debt dynamics in sub‐Saharan Africa in recent years. A key development is the rise of the private sector as both a lender and a borrower in African debt markets, a... Read More about Global Liquidity, the Private Sector and Debt Sustainability in Sub‐Saharan Africa.

The Franc Zone: Can the operations account mechanism survive the push for financial deepening? (2017)
Book Chapter
Laskaridis, C. The Franc Zone: Can the operations account mechanism survive the push for financial deepening?. In A. Gemzik-Salwach, & K. Opolski (Eds.), Financialization and the Economy (96-109). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315281537-7

This chapter presents the growing literature on financialization in developing countries, and specifically low income countries, by exploring the particularities of financial sector development in the Franc Zone. The Franc Zone consists of a common c... Read More about The Franc Zone: Can the operations account mechanism survive the push for financial deepening?.