The Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka - Is it Socialist? = ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය සැබෑ ලෙසම සමාජවාදී ද?

Abstract

This insight explores the question of whether Sri Lanka is waning in its commitments to social institutions. The analysis shows that while ‘developing’ Asia lags behind the rest of the world in commitments to social institutions, ‘developing’ Sri Lanka is doing even worse than the Asian average. In other words, Sri Lanka is lagging behind Asia in terms of spending on education, health and social protection (i.e. expenditure on social welfare and community services). The Insight also explains why expenditure on social services is so important for countries.