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Sri Lanka is an island economy with an estimated population of 19.6 million people in 2001. The country has long been known for combining a low income per capita with good human development indicators. This reflects provision of a wide array of subsidised commodities and services since independence.
This chapter consists of extracts from Smith and Ellis (1997), edited and updated by Michael Hubbard. A version of the original paper as published as F. Ellis, P. Senanayake and M. Smith, ‘Food price policy in Sri Lanka’, Food Policy, 22, 1, 1997, pp. 81–96.
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Smith, M., Ellis, F. (2003). Sri Lanka. In: Developing Agricultural Trade. The Role of Government in Adjusting Economies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403990211_4
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