EPS of Yahapalana Government: Necessity for introducing machinery for sustaining the reform program – Part 2
The economic policy statement presented by the new Government has vowed to introduce a reform program laying a firm foundation to place the economy on the right track so that it can sustain growth and prosperity.
The statement has identified different reform regimes introduced in the country since 1978 and calls the current reform programme as the Third Wave of such reforms. The first and the second reforms, according to the statement, had been introduced by J.R. Jayewardene in 1978 and R. Premadasa in 1989.
A fourth wave of policy reforms
The economic policy statement presented by the new Government has vowed to introduce a reform program laying a firm foundation to place the economy on the right track so that it can sustain growth and prosperity.The statement has identified different reform regimes introduced in the country since 1978 and calls the current reform programme as the Third Wave of such reforms. The first and the second reforms, according to the statement, had been introduced by J.R. Jayewardene in 1978 and R. Premadasa in 1989.

