Item Summary

“This report examines the first year and a half of the NPP government in office, as it struggles to live up to its ambitions to remake Sri Lankan politics. It looks at the NPP’s economic policies under continued IMF tutelage, the government’s early moves to fight corruption, the challenges of ending impunity and strengthening rule of law in the face of resistance from vested interests and a powerful security sector, and the government’s tentative moves to foster a meaningful sense of national unity. The report also examines the difficulties the inexperienced NPP has faced in managing the state machinery and the risks the party’s moralistic approach poses to its reform goals. The report draws on dozens of interviews with politicians, social and political activists, business owners, journalists, lawyers, academics and diplomats, roughly half of whom were women, conducted in person and by telephone or email between November 2024 and February 2026.”

Descriptive Information

Title
Sri Lanka’s bumpy road to a political reset : Asia report N°356
Sort Title
sri lanka’s bumpy road to a political reset : asia report n°356
Contributor
International Crisis Group
Publisher
Colombo : International Crisis Group
Language
English
Date Created
2026
Format
Reports
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated

Discovery Information

Subject
Politics and government
Political corruption
Politics
Socioeconomic conditions and development
Economic and social development
Social policy--Citizen participation
Geographic Subject
Sri Lanka
Geographic Origin
Sri Lanka

Physical Characteristics

Page Count
45
File Count
45

Institutional Information

Collection
Born Digital Monographic Reports and Papers
Box number
Monographic Reports and Papers (Publicly Accessible)
Folder number
8544ccc5-6fad-4933-80c3-187c50bb322e
Barcode
8544ccc5-6fad-4933-80c3-187c50bb322e
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