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Development Strategies in Sri Lanka: Lessons Drawn from a Comparative Review
(University of Kelaniya, 2005) Fernando, R.L.S.
Unbalanced development is a major cause of social disharmony and unrest as it widens the gap between the rich and the poor. Achieving a sustainable and balanced development is a major challenge for developing countries, and Sri Lanka is no exception. Sri Lanka has been experiencing various development strategies for the last five decades, but the country has yet to achieve at least its most basic development goals. This paper attempts to evaluate two main development strategies implemented by the successive governments of Sri Lanka. They are the import substitution strategies with a high degree of state intervention implemented from 1970 to 1976, and the privatization and free market policies implemented after the 1977 up to the present. It is evident that the results of these development strategies are not much satisfactory. It is also evident that the very state interventionist strategies had contributed to social unrest and disharmony in the country because of a high incidence of unemployment and poverty. The latter strategy has also contributed to the same, as only a few groups of people have highly benefited from these existing development processes. Therefore, it is imperative to search an alternative approach to the development process towards a long-term sustainable economy. In this regard, a balanced approach in which both active and strong, but more selective government intervention with the market mechanism would be proposed as an alternative model for development as the final goal of the development would be to improve the quality of life of the majority of its citizen. The study is mainly based on the secondary data issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and other related documents. The analysis will be mostly descriptive in nature and some economic and social indicators will also be used as appropriate.
People’s Participation in Development Projects in Sri Lanka (With special reference of Kalthota village)
(Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Piyasena, M.L.U.K.; Fernando, R.L.S.
The strong people’s participation in development projects enhances the greater possibilities for project efficiency, effectiveness, cost recovery, social accountability and sustainability. Since development is a participatory process, meaningful community participation must be there. Project has four stages named planning, implementation, beneficiary and evaluation. People’s involvement is essential for each four stages . The research was implemented to measure the level of people's participation in each stages of development projects and to find reasons for lower level people's participation in development projects. Kalthota village was the study area. Among the 290 families, 100 were selected as the sample. Both quantitative and qualitative data was collected by using interview administered questionnaires. Among the 100 persons in the sample, 20 family respondents gave their opinions as lower level participation in development projects. The people’s participation is at a very lower level in each project stages. About 58% of respondents’ participation is at a lower level in planning stage and about 62% of respondent’s participation is at a lower level in implementation stage. In beneficiary stage about 41% of respondents’ participation is low. About 75% of respondents’ participation is at a very lower level in evaluation stage. The reason for lower level participation in development projects was the lack of information provided by the government.
Women managers and their personnel barriers for upward mobility in private and public sectors
(University of Kelaniya, 2013) Jayatilake, L.V.K.; Kumara, P.A.P.S.; Withanage, P.; Fernando, R.L.S.