Amid the island’s unprecedented economic crisis, the IMF in March 2023 approved a nearly USD 3 billion facility to assist Sri ...

However, it has been displeased with Egypt's slow progress on structural reforms that are the centrepiece of the facility, ...

The IMF has completed the fourth review of Sri Lanka’s USD 2.9 billion bailout programme, allowing the country to draw a USD 350 million tranche from the four-year facility. Amid the island’s ...

The IMF has approved a $350 million disbursement to Sri Lanka under its $2.9 billion bailout, bringing total support to $1.74 billion. Despite earlier opposition, the NPP-led government continues to ...

Bhalla is a former Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He gave an exclusive interview to IANS, where ...