Is There a Conflict Between Growth and Welfarism? The Significance of the Sri Lanka Debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3883847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Osmani, S R Osmani (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 387-421 |
| Publication date | 1994-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7660.1994.tb00520.x |
| OpenAlex | W2046158130 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article seeks to derive some general lessons regarding the relationship between growth and welfarism by undertaking a reassessment of Sri Lanka's long experience with interventions in social spheres. While Sri Lanka has been hailed by many for pursuing the welfarist strategy with apparently spectacular results, several critics have recently suggested that she would have been better off by diverting resources away from welfare interventions towards investment for growth. They have argued that the interventions were not terribly effective anyway, and further that welfarism involved a conflict with growth which eventually undermined the very sustainability of welfarist strategy. This article contests these criticisms, and argues in its turn that the Sri Lankan experience offers a lesson not in the conflict but in the complementarity between growth and welfarism
Biology · Complementarity (molecular biology) · Critical appraisal · Development economics · Economics · Positive economics · Psychological intervention · Public economics · Socioeconomics · Sri lanka · Sustainability · Welfare · Welfarism · Ecology · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · International Development and Aid · Psychology · Social and Economic Development in India
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2018 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |