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Sri Lanka to receive US $ 1.3 Billion from World Bank over 3 years

Sri Lanka will receive US $ 1.34 billion of financial and technical assistance from the World bank over a 3 year period reports Colombo Page.

The announcement was made during a meeting between the World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka and Maldives Dr Idah Z Pswarayi-Riddihough and the Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera on Tuesday.

This particular tranche of World Bank funding, which from  the International Development Association IDA, has increased from the US$ 600 million that was provided from 2014 to 2017.

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