TY - JOUR
T1 - Sri Lanka's post-civil war development challenge
T2 - learning from the past
AU - Athukorala, Prema Chandra
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2016/1/2
Y1 - 2016/1/2
N2 - The end of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009 generated widespread expectations of a period of sustained economic growth, building on the achievements of the liberalization reforms over the three previous decades. However, recent developments have dampened that optimism, rekindling fears that Sri Lanka's tale of missed opportunities may continue. The analysis in this paper suggests that the return to the failed past policies of inward-oriented development strategies offers no viable solutions for the economic problems confronting Sri Lanka.
AB - The end of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009 generated widespread expectations of a period of sustained economic growth, building on the achievements of the liberalization reforms over the three previous decades. However, recent developments have dampened that optimism, rekindling fears that Sri Lanka's tale of missed opportunities may continue. The analysis in this paper suggests that the return to the failed past policies of inward-oriented development strategies offers no viable solutions for the economic problems confronting Sri Lanka.
KW - Sri Lanka
KW - economic growth
KW - ethnic conflict
KW - foreign debt
KW - trade liberalization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84977611342&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09584935.2015.1132188
DO - 10.1080/09584935.2015.1132188
M3 - Review article
SN - 0958-4935
VL - 24
SP - 19
EP - 35
JO - Contemporary South Asia
JF - Contemporary South Asia
IS - 1
ER -