Equity, growth and insurrection : liberalisation and the welfare debate in contemporary Sri Lanka /
Dunham, David M
Equity, growth and insurrection : liberalisation and the welfare debate in contemporary Sri Lanka / David M. Dunham, Sisira K. W. Jayasuriya - Bundoora, Vic. : La Trobe University. School of Business, 1998 - 20 p. : il. - Discussion paper ; no. A98.11 1441-3213 .
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Protagonists in the 1980s' debate on equity and growth in Sri Lanka claimed to show that economic liberalization could deliver growth without jeopardizing equity, and the main lesson that they drew from the Sri Lankan experience - that welfarism should be abandoned - helped to reinforce neoliberal policy reforms of the Washington institutions. This paper shows that their conclusions were heavily dependent on the time frame employed and on the concept of welfare and inequality that was utilized, and that they seriously underestimated the importance of state welfare expenditure in buying social peace. Perceived relative inequality is seen to have increased remarkably, perceptions magnifying objective changes in distribution that coincided with the withdrawal of public support systems.
1-86446-171-3
REFORMA ECONOMICA
REFORMA POLITICA
CONSECUENCIAS ECONOMICAS
CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO
SRI LANKA
PROGRESO ECONOMICO
330.95493
Equity, growth and insurrection : liberalisation and the welfare debate in contemporary Sri Lanka / David M. Dunham, Sisira K. W. Jayasuriya - Bundoora, Vic. : La Trobe University. School of Business, 1998 - 20 p. : il. - Discussion paper ; no. A98.11 1441-3213 .
Incluye bibliografía
Protagonists in the 1980s' debate on equity and growth in Sri Lanka claimed to show that economic liberalization could deliver growth without jeopardizing equity, and the main lesson that they drew from the Sri Lankan experience - that welfarism should be abandoned - helped to reinforce neoliberal policy reforms of the Washington institutions. This paper shows that their conclusions were heavily dependent on the time frame employed and on the concept of welfare and inequality that was utilized, and that they seriously underestimated the importance of state welfare expenditure in buying social peace. Perceived relative inequality is seen to have increased remarkably, perceptions magnifying objective changes in distribution that coincided with the withdrawal of public support systems.
1-86446-171-3
REFORMA ECONOMICA
REFORMA POLITICA
CONSECUENCIAS ECONOMICAS
CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO
SRI LANKA
PROGRESO ECONOMICO
330.95493