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Devolution and Development in Sri Lanka

Papers that constitute this monograph are products of a research programme undertaken by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies in November 1989, to assess the performance of the newly-established Provincial Council system of Sri Lanka. It covers the historical background of the centralization and decentralization process in Sri Lanka, examines the role that judiciary can play in resolving conflicts in a plural society, and analyses the complex relationship between regional autonomy and the structural adjustment development policies that have been followed…