The UNP government of Dudley Senanayake had not made much headway with Ceylon's twin problems of inflation and unemployment, nor had it attempted solving the linked problems of feudal property relations and adverse terms of trade by agrarian reform and industrialisation.
The UNP government under Dudley Senanayake struggled with a complex set of economic challenges in Ceylon, including high inflation, unemployment, feudal land tenure, and unfavorable trade agreements. They did not implement solutions like agrarian reform or industrialization to address these issues.