Elusive Economic Peace Dividend in Sri Lanka: ALL that glitters is not gold
Prof. N.Balakrishnan Memorial Oration delivered in Colombo on 21st June 2014
- - on 06/24/2014
Introduction
It is five years since the decisive end of the civil war in May 2009. The government’s approach to resolving the long festering ethnic conflict in the country has been reconciliation and peace through economic development. Although I do have reservations about the validity of the government’s mantra of reconciliation and peace through economic development, I do want to accept that approach as fait accompli and would like to investigate whether such an approach has resulted in real economic peace dividends in the two provinces most affected by the civil war, viz. Eastern and Northern provinces, and the Southern province of Sri Lanka.
