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Development under stress [electronic resource] : Sri Lankan economy in transition / Saman Kelegama.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : Sage Publications, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9788132102793
  • 8132102797
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Development under stress.DDC classification:
  • 338.95493 22
LOC classification:
  • HC424 .K45 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Economic Development during the 50 Years of Independence; Pre-Conditions for Achieving 'NIC Status'; Stabilisation and Adjustment; Does Leadership Matter in the Economic Reform Process? Liberalisation and Governance during 1989-93; The Economic Cost of the North-East Conflict; Free Float of Currency, Budget 2001 and the IMF Package; Managing the Economy at a Time of Terrorism and War and the Prospects after the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement; Transforming the Conflict Using an Economic Dividend
IndustrialisationReady-Made Garment Industry; Market Reform and Diversification in Agriculture; Food Security Issues; Structural Adjustment and Employment Creation; The Poverty Situation and Policy; Index; About the Author
Summary: Sri Lanka is credited with being the pioneer of economic liberalisation in South Asia. Why, then, is economic progress painfully slow with the outcome being far below the country's potential?. This book examines the process of development and the implementation of reforms in Sri Lanka after the economic liberalisation of 1977. The author shows that while part of the story lies in the ongoing conflict in the North-East, which has lasted over 20 years, there are a number of other factors which have impeded economic progress, thereby, designating it development under stress. The book describes th.
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Sri Lanka is credited with being the pioneer of economic liberalisation in South Asia. Why, then, is economic progress painfully slow with the outcome being far below the country's potential?. This book examines the process of development and the implementation of reforms in Sri Lanka after the economic liberalisation of 1977. The author shows that while part of the story lies in the ongoing conflict in the North-East, which has lasted over 20 years, there are a number of other factors which have impeded economic progress, thereby, designating it development under stress. The book describes th.

Print version record.

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Economic Development during the 50 Years of Independence; Pre-Conditions for Achieving 'NIC Status'; Stabilisation and Adjustment; Does Leadership Matter in the Economic Reform Process? Liberalisation and Governance during 1989-93; The Economic Cost of the North-East Conflict; Free Float of Currency, Budget 2001 and the IMF Package; Managing the Economy at a Time of Terrorism and War and the Prospects after the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement; Transforming the Conflict Using an Economic Dividend

IndustrialisationReady-Made Garment Industry; Market Reform and Diversification in Agriculture; Food Security Issues; Structural Adjustment and Employment Creation; The Poverty Situation and Policy; Index; About the Author

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