'Developing countries have come under considerable pressure in recent years to liberalise their economies through what is commonly referred to as Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAP's). The inspiration for these policies emanates largely from neo-liberalism that guides economic and social policies in many countries today. Countries that have taken measures to implement SAP's have seen many significant changes in their economies. Many local industries, in particular those owned and managed by the state have been either privatised or closed down. They have been replaced by more labour intensive, export oriented light industries like readymade garments. Agricultural production has either stagnated or declined in the face of competition from cheaper imports, making the countries increasingly dependent on food imports. Private investment in services such as health and education coupled with little improvement in publicly provided services have led to a wide gap between the private and public sectors in terms of access and quality of service, forcing more and more people to rely on private providers. Steadily declining value of local currencies has devalued local wages, forcing more and more people to migrate to other countries, creating a labour shortage in traditional sectors like agriculture and rural industries, making such activities unattractive to youth. Declining or stagnant real incomes of a majority of locally employed people at a time of increasing cost of living have led to widespread poverty, while those who are dependent on overseas incomes or lucrative private sector employment have been able to adopt modern western consumption patterns. Private cars imported by the latter have taken up much of the road space in urban areas, making public transport inefficient and unprofitable, not only making life more difficult for low income groups but also increasing the dependence on imported oil. Increasing casualization of employment and the continuing reliance of a large mass of younger workers on overseas contract employment pose a real threat to long term social security of workers, particularly when they reach the age of retirement. Yet the continually worsening balance of payment situation compels the state to encourage labour migration. What is outlined above may be applicable to different developing countries to varying degrees. In other words, developing countries vary in terms of the nature and extent of the impact of economic liberalisation. Nevertheless, the main question is whether this situation endangers social and political stability in the developing world? If we go by crime statistics, indicators of social and personal disorganization and political trends, we have to answer the question in the affirmative. If this is so, is there a way out of the present situation? If so, what is it? The organizer of the session invites paper, proposals that deal with the issues in terms of both empirical evidence and conceptual analysis. If you wish to present a paper in this session "Neo-liberalism, social Injustice and Growing Socio-political instability", send an abstract of no more than one page to Siri Hettige: sthetti@webmail.cmb.ac.lk.