ABSTRACT
Since 1983, there have been three brief intervals of peace (1987-88, 1990, and 1994-95) in which the issues of recovery and reconstruction surfaced. However, in all three instances, the government has failed to provide a holistic programme of recovery and reconstruction needed for short-and medium-term conflict management and its eventual resolution. The resulting disappointment of the Tamil people in the Northern and Eastern provinces provided an excuse for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to re-commence the war on an increasing scale.
