Hambantota Integrated Rural Development Programme

The report does not present an evaluation in the usual meaning. Rather, it is a presentation of an approach to rural development. The cornerstones of the approach are partisipatory development and integrative and revolving planning. The approach has developed gradually and is a result of specific historic and present circumstances. Nevertheless, the experience in Hambantota has been met with wide interest, and a number of persons have termed this «a model for development».