Sri Lanka: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

September 26, 2002

Preview Citation

Format: Chicago

Sri Lanka: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2002) accessed December 23, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper focuses on the fiscal position of Sri Lanka. The standard analysis shows that, prior to the adjustment announced in the 2002 budget, fiscal policy was clearly unsustainable, leading to a rising debt-to-GDP ratio. The paper looks at external debt and complements the analysis of the public debt dynamics. The baseline scenario shows that debt ratios decline significantly in the medium term, as a result of strong growth founded on renewed peace and political stability, far-reaching structural reforms, and stable macroeconomic conditions.

Subject: Balance of payments, Current account, External debt, Financial services, Fiscal policy, Public debt, Real interest rates

Keywords: CR, Current account, Debt ratio, Debt-GDP ratio, Deficit, GDP, Global, Income tax tax base, ISCR, Real interest rates, Revenue reform, Saving-investment balance method, Savings-investment balance

Publication Details

Pages:

96
Volume:

---
DOI:

---
Issue:

---
Series:

Country Report No. 2002/208
Stock No:

1LKAEA0042002
ISBN:

9781451823516
ISSN:

1934-7685

FACTSHEETS

RESOURCES

TOPICS

Flagship Publications

Other Publications

IMF reports and publications by country

Regional Offices

All News

See Also

For Journalists

Press Center

RESOURCES

FLAGSHIPS

KEY SERIES

IMF NOTES

IMF Staff Country Reports