Kristian Netland

Buying Peace?: Peace Conditionality in the Sri Lankan Peace Process Kristian Netland

Donors to Sri Lanka have repeatedly made it clearthat aid will be linked to developments in the peaceprocess. Peace conditionality has been expected toalter the incentives faced by the parties and strengthen the momentum of the peace process. This book critically assesses the attempts to applypeace conditionality in the Sri Lankan peace process. What is clear from the outset is that the strategyhas been less than optimally effective. The peaceprocess derailed in April 2003, and the situation inSri Lanka today is far from encouraging. This book is based on the presupposition that peaceconditionality can be an important catalyst forpeace. On that basis, the purpose of the book is toassess why the strategy has not had the intendedeffects in Sri Lanka. Why have donors not been ableto buy peace?