Comments on: Peace and Poverty: Restoring a shared stake in economic progress http://mahoshada.com/2006/09/peace-and-poverty-restoring-a-shared-stake-in-economic-progress/ Commentaries on Development and Economics Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:24:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Peace and Poverty: Restoring a shared stake in economic progress by: harsha de silva http://mahoshada.com/2006/09/peace-and-poverty-restoring-a-shared-stake-in-economic-progress/#comment-688 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:06:06 +0000 http://mahoshada.com/2006/09/peace-and-poverty-restoring-a-shared-stake-in-economic-progress/#comment-688 this evening i listened to the director of rural development at the central bank of sri lanka publicly admit that our poverty alliviation programs are basically failing. he warned that we will not even be able to meet the mdg of halving the poverty level from 26% in 1990 to 13% by 2015! you are right, this country is going nowhere. it is indeed sad to see short-sighted politicians taking stupid voters for a ride. of course the jvp thrives on poverty; the more poor people there are, better chance for them to win some votes. so that is why they (who seem to be able to dictate to the government of which it is aprt of, or not, no one knows) will always and every time block plans that will fight the two evils: the ethnic conflict and poverty. perhaps it is time we had some understanding (even for a limited period) where the unp and the slfp can work together to bring about an acceptable solution to the conflict based on the already accepted principles and undertake the necessary reforms, particularly in the agriculture sector to lift people out of poverty, once and for all. this evening i listened to the director of rural development at the central bank of sri lanka publicly admit that our poverty alliviation programs are basically failing. he warned that we will not even be able to meet the mdg of halving the poverty level from 26% in 1990 to 13% by 2015!

you are right, this country is going nowhere. it is indeed sad to see short-sighted politicians taking stupid voters for a ride. of course the jvp thrives on poverty; the more poor people there are, better chance for them to win some votes. so that is why they (who seem to be able to dictate to the government of which it is aprt of, or not, no one knows) will always and every time block plans that will fight the two evils: the ethnic conflict and poverty.

perhaps it is time we had some understanding (even for a limited period) where the unp and the slfp can work together to bring about an acceptable solution to the conflict based on the already accepted principles and undertake the necessary reforms, particularly in the agriculture sector to lift people out of poverty, once and for all.

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