The Economic Cost of the War in Sri Lanka

There is growing interest in recent years in the economic dimensions of civil wars and other violent social conflicts. This paper discusses some of the conceptual and methodological problems associated with assessing the economic costs of such conflicts, and presents an evaluation of the costs of the (still ongoing) conflict in Sri Lanka. On conservative assumptions, the war may have cost the equivalent of twice Sri Lanka's 1996 GDP.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Arunatilake, Nisha ; Jayasuriya, Sisira Kumara ; Kelegama, Saman
Institutions:	Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe Business School
Subject:	War \| Economic History \| Costs EDIRC Provider-Institution: RePEc:edi:smlatau

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Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 1999.10 35 pages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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