TY - BOOK AU - Kelegama, Saman TI - Development under stress : Sri Lankan economy in transition SN - 9780761935360 U1 - 338.95493 PY - 2006/// CY - New Delhi ; , Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; , London PB - Sage Publications, KW - Sri Lanka -- Economic policy KW - Sri Lanka -- Economic conditions. KW - Economic history N1 - Includes index; pt. 1. Fifty years of economic development and the challenge ahead -- pt . 2. Debate on economic liberalisation -- pt. 3. Macroeconomic management -- pt. 4. Sectoral policy -- pt. 5. Employment and poverty N2 - Examines various impediments faced in the development process and implementation of reforms in Sri Lanka, particularly after economic liberalization in 1977. This book explains why it could not match the economic achievements of South Korea and Malaysia - countries that had similar per capita income levels to that of Sri Lanka in the 1950s ER -