IMF s first program review begins today; Sri Lanka hopeful of promising pathway for growth

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recovery, Finance State Minister Shehan Semasinghe, in a post on X (formerly Twitter).Successful completion of the first IMF review puts Sri
Lanka in a strong position for economic recovery and sets a promising pathway for growth in 2024, he added.A delegation of the
Washington-based global lender will arrive in Colombo today for the review which is scheduled to go on until September 27.Sri Lanka,
grappled with its worst financial crisis in more than seven decades after its foreign exchange reserves depleted to record lows, managed to
secure a bailout package of USD 2.9 billion in March 2023.