The IMF estimates the banking sector recapitalisation needs around 6 percent of 2022 GDP. Local banks so far have opposed a domestic debt restructuring.
April 5, 2023The Executive Board’s decision enables an immediate disbursement worth $333mn million. Sri Lanka agreed to fiscal, monetary, governance and anti-corruption reforms.
March 21, 2023The IMF's Kristalina Georgieva has welcomed "decisive policy actions" by Sri Lankan authorities and the financial assurances obtained from major creditors.
March 16, 2023The bill is aimed at enhancing market regulation, improving enforcement mechanisms, and creating a more efficient capital market with better governance standards.
June 10, 2021Report also finds outdated legislative, regulatory framework; says several sectors ‘largely unregulated’.
July 3, 2017