“The [Sri Lankan] authorities continue to execute policies in line with the IMF programme's goals”
- Brian Aitken, head of IMF review mission, Feb 18.
See reports by LBO, The Island and the state-owned Daily News.
Interestingly, the IMF said again this week that there was no “demand driven” inflation of food prices in Sri Lanka.
But see this analysis by LBO of Sri Lanka's food insecurity.
See also our earlier posts,
'Sri Lanka taking its medicine - IMF' (Dec 2010)
'Food for Thought' (Nov 2010)
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