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Ponna Wignaraja is a Sri Lankan economist and professor who was born in 1926 in British Ceylon. He is a renowned scholar in the field of development economics and has written extensively on the subject. He has served as the Director General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and as the Secretary General of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES). He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ceylon in 1950 and his Master of Arts degree from the University of London in 1954. He then went on to receive his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Cambridge in 1959. He has held various positions in the Sri Lankan government, including as the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and Planning, the Secretary to the Ministry of Industries and Scientific Affairs, and the Secretary to the Ministry of Education. He has also served as the Director of the Institute of Policy Studies in Sri Lanka and as the Director of the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Sri Lanka Ratna, the highest civilian award in Sri Lanka, and the Padma Bhushan, one of India's highest civilian awards. As of 2021, Ponna Wignaraja's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.

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Born 1926, 1926
Birthday 1926
Birthplace British Ceylon
Nationality Sri Lanka

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1993

In 1993, Ponna Wignaraja was awarded the highest civilian honour for national service in Sri Lanka: the honorifical title named Deshamanya.

1981

Ponna Wignaraja was Secretary-general of the Society for International Development (1981–1986). In 1991, he was vice chairman of the Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation and he was chairman of the South Asian Perspectives Network Association (SAPNA).

1951

Between 1951 to 1953, Wignaraja was development advisor at International Monetary Fund (IMF). Thereafter, he was advisor at World Bank (1962–1967).

1948

Born in Sri Lanka during British colonization, when it was still known as British Ceylon, Ponna Wignaraja was educated in economics from the University of Ceylon in 1948. After Wignaraja received graduate degree in United States at Yale University.

1926

Deshamanya Ponna Wignaraja (1926) is a Sri Lankan academic, economist and social scientist. He was the Coordinator of South Asian Perspectives Network Association (the "SAPNA"), entity with ties of the United Nations University, and prior to that the Secretary-general of the Society for International Development at Rome (Italy).