The International Monetary Fund in Sri Lanka: a critical dialogue

dc.contributor.author	Sarvananthan, M.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-01-27T08:13:48Z
dc.date.accessioned	2022-06-27T05:14:02Z
dc.date.available	2020-01-27T08:13:48Z
dc.date.available	2022-06-27T05:14:02Z
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.identifier.issn	0958-4935
dc.identifier.uri	http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/1337
dc.description.abstract	On 20 April 2001, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a US$253 million stand-by credit facility to Sri Lanka to stabilise the country’s macroeconomic fundamentals. The government should be commended for requesting the IMF to make the stand-by arrangement a public document, facilitating public scrutiny. However, there are some critical discrepancies in the statistical data presented in the IMF Country Report No. 01/71 compared with annual reports of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. These anomalies are highlighted with examples regarding defence expenditure, poverty reduction programmes, and public service recruitment.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Contemporary South Asia	en_US
dc.title	The International Monetary Fund in Sri Lanka: a critical dialogue	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US