Abstract
The Sri Lankan parliamentary election in August 1994 and the presidential election in November 1994 marked the transfer of government from the conservative United National Party (UNP) to the social democratic People's Alliance (PA). The UNP had held power since 1977, under the leadership of three presidents; J. R. Jayawardena (1978- 1988), R. Premadasa (1988- 1993) and D. B. Wijetunga (1993-1994). One dominant feature of the recent and turbulent presidency of Ranasinghe Premadasa was the Janasaviya Poverty Alleviation Programme. This program was inaugurated in October 1989 and soon became a lead program of Premadasa's government. The major aim of Janasavia was to transform impoverished households into sustainable economic units through credit entitlements and increased cash and subsistence transfers (Karunatilake 1989).
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