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Sunday, 12 September 2004 |
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Stagnant village and the myopic elite Sunday Essay by Ajith Samaranayake The stagnation of the village which we outlined last week can be traced
to the neglect of the rural economy by successive post-independence
Governments which is paradoxical since those Governments, whether of the
UNP or the SLFP, gained their overwhelming majorities from the countryside
and the electoral system itself was weighted in favour of the village. Other Stories
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