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IMF Article IV Report – Key Issues and Recommendations
Under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, IMF holds bilateral discussions with its member countries every year. In 2021 IMF held discussions with Sri Lanka officials and the report was completed on Febru...
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Daily FT
Verité Research mooted Governance-Linked Bonds fig...
Verité Research's Governance-Linked Bond (GLB) proposal, featured prominently in recent discussions between the Sri Lankan government and external commercial creditors in London, introduces a novel mechanism to align debt repaymen...
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Daily Mirror
IMF to begin next round of technical discussions f...
Amid the worsening economic situation, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) mission chief to Sri Lanka stated that the world financial body is expected to begin the next round of technical discussions with the island nation...
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Ceylon Today
Sri Lanka seeks US$ 300 mn Credit Line from Russia
The Sri Lankan envoy in Moscow, Prof. Janitha Liyanage yesterday said that Sri Lanka has sought a US$ 300 million Credit Line from Russia to purchase crude oil, gas and coal.“We have made a request to the Russian Government through the...
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Insight on Debt
Public debt grew more slowly in the firs...
Sri Lanka’s public debt rose at a s...
2024 Presidential Election: Manifesto Pr...
With the upcoming presidential election scheduled for September 21, 20...
9 Years Since Bond Scam
The 27th of February marks nine years sin...
Public Debt Increases in Dollar Value Wh...
According to recent data published by the...
Total and primary deficits run in opposi...
The governments primary deficit improved...
Sri Lanka in the top 10 countries with t...
According to data from the World Bank Dat...
Interest payments weigh heaviest in 2022...
The central bank's annual report for...
Uncovering Sri Lanka's Debt Trail: Who o...
The chart below depicts the ownership of Sri Lanka's external debt as at end of Sept 202...
Domestic Debt Restructuring
Sri Lanka faces a challenge to emerge from the continuing crisis. Th...
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Economic Policies in an Election Year: Some Inconv...
Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident fellow at Verité Research. She was a former Department Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Group on multilateral engageme...
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VAT revenue collection: Maldives highest, Sri Lank...
Sri Lanka has the lowest tax revenue collected through Value Added Tax (VAT) in South Asia while Maldives with a lower tax rate collects nearly 5 times more through its Goods and Services Tax (GST).
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Progress on IMF Programme - May 2025
As of May 2025, Verité Research’s IMF Tracker reports the following status on Sri Lanka’s progress under its 17th IMF programme: 
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