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IMF Tracker Update: December 2023
(2024-01)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published its evaluation of Sri Lanka’s performance in the first phase or ‘first term’ of the ongoing Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme, which commenced in March 2023. Verité ...
IMF Tracker Update: September 2023
(Verité Research, 2023-10)
The purpose of this analysis is to ensure that VR’s IMF Tracker can be used more effectively to raise public awareness on the monitoring of public finance. The analysis will feed into enhancing public participation and ...
For Sri Lanka, a Governance-Linked Bond Might Just Be the Ticket
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-12-21)
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if Sri Lanka under-performs on its governance corrections, it will underperform on its economic recovery also (with apologies to Jane Austen), the first provides the foundation ...
Why Tracking the IMF Programme Implementation is of Public Interest
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-05-25)
As Sri Lanka enters its 17th International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, a critical question remains. Will the country break from the past patterns of inconsistency and failure in following the plan it lays out with the ...
The Need for Governance-Linked State-Contingent IMF Programmes: A Third Way for Sri Lanka
(Colombo: DailyFT, Colombo: Daily Mirror, Online: International Banker, 2023-04-27)
The recent sovereign default of Sri Lanka has once again brought attention to the effectiveness of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF) approach. This programmes provides loans of short ...
30% of IMF Programme Commitments Due in April Not Met
(2024-05-16)
By the end of April 2024, Sri Lanka has not met 30% of its due commitments, which translates to a total of 19 unfulfilled obligations. The majority of these unmet commitments pertain to enhancing transparency and enacting ...
Too Many ‘Known Unknowns’ in Sri Lanka’s IMF Programme
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-08-17)
Sri Lanka’s programme is planned to deliver 71 outcomes by the end of September. Presently, as of the end of July, 35 are “met” and 14 are “unknown”. There are 8 more that are “not met”. That means the ratio of unknowns ...
IMF Tracker Update: February 2024
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2024-03)
Sri Lanka verifiably failed to meet 33% of the commitments due by end-February 2024 in its International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, according to the February update of Verité Research’s ‘IMF Tracker’. Many of these ...
China Endorses Sri Lanka Debt Plan
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-09)
China has given its approval to Sri Lanka's plan to restructure its international debt, clearing the path for a loan via the IMF's Extended Fund Facility (EFF).
IMF Programme Progress
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-05-18)
The infographic covers three points; 1) the IMF analysis projects a decline in Sri Lankas debt to GDP; 2) effective interests rates to decline; and 3) progress on IMF commitments.