Sri Lanka: Selected Issues

September 23, 1996

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Sri Lanka: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1996) accessed December 12, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper on Sri Lanka provides background information on economic developments during 1995 and the first half of 1996 and on key policy issues in the current setting. The paper notes that the economic situation has deteriorated on a number of fronts—inflation has risen; investment and growth have slowed; and the external current account deficit is large while foreign investment flows have fallen significantly. The influence of various factors on Sri Lanka’s longer-term growth performance is discussed. The implications of structural reforms for investment and growth are also examined.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Commodities, Exports, Government debt management, Imports, International trade, Labor, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Active market, Agricultural commodities, BOI firm, Consumer goods, CR, East Asia, Enterprise, Exchange premium, Exports, Government debt management, Imports, ISCR, Monetary management, Per capita income, Physical capital, Proceeds, Public enterprise, Real GNP, South Asia

Publication Details

Pages:

128
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 1996/100
Stock No:

1LKAEA0011996
ISBN:

9781451823363
ISSN:

1934-7685

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