Privatization in Sri Lanka: the Experience During the Early Years of Implementation
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1993
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Sri Lanka Economic Association
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This paper covers a very broad area while focusing mainly on the problems of privatization. The paper is divided as follows. Section 2 discusses the Sri Lankan privatization effort, with special emphasis on the background and preparatory work. Section 3 discusses the problems of privatization in Sri Lanka. Here we deal with the problems of the industrial sector in detail, and then outline the problems of the plantations and the transport sectors. Section 4 briefly examines some of the achievements of the privatization programme. Section 5 sets out some policy options for better prospects and concluding remarks.
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Sri Lanka, Privatisation, SLEA, USAID, Sri Lanka Economic Association