Sri Lanka : Fourth Post-Program Monitoring Discussion-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sri Lanka.

This paper discusses recent economic developments, outlook, and policies required to stabilize the economy of Sri Lanka. Recent economic developments reflect a more challenging external environment as well as a sharpening of macro-financial imbalances that began emerging late in 2014. Fiscal consoli...

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Korporativna značnica: International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Serija:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2016/152
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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