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ADB is assisting Sri Lanka’s economic recovery from COVID-19 and supporting the country’s inclusive and sustainable development through investments in key sectors.

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Sri Lanka Facts

ADB's Work in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s economy showed an uptick in the first half of 2021, but a subsequent surge in COVID-19 cases and mobility restrictions hindered a stronger recovery. GDP growth in 2021 clocked 3.7% after a contraction of 3.6% in 2020. Before the pandemic, GDP annual growth averaged 3.7% from 2015 to 2019 as the economy was hit by shocks, including disasters caused by natural hazards, a political crisis, and terror attacks.

To date, ADB has committed 479 public sector loans, grants, and technical assistance totaling $11 billion to Sri Lanka. Cumulative loan and grant disbursements to Sri Lanka amount to $8.64 billion. These were financed by regular and concessional ordinary capital resources, the Asian Development Fund, and other special funds. ADB’s ongoing sovereign portfolio in Sri Lanka includes 46 loans and 2 grants worth $4.4 billion.

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Data: Sri Lanka

Economic Forecasts

Economic Forecasts

Forecasts are based on ADB's flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook. Updated four times a year, it analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.

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Poverty in Sri Lanka

Poverty in Sri Lanka

Development indicators for Sri Lanka, including a selection of economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Results of ADB-Supported Operations

Results of ADB-Supported Operations

Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.

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Projects Cofinanced

Projects Cofinanced

Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects.

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ADB Projects in Sri Lanka   View all projects

Featured

  • Rebuilding Lives in Sri Lanka

    An ambitious and wide-ranging project helped return a sense of normalcy to an estimated 1.1 million conflict-affected people in Sri Lanka.

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Contact: Sri Lanka Resident Mission (SLRM)

23, Independence Avenue Colombo 7, Sri Lanka

  Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

  Tel +94 11 4455455 / 2674499
  +94 11 4455499 / 11-2674488
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  How to visit us
Chen CHEN (Mr)
Country Director
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Amitha GURUSINGHE (Ms)
Senior Operations Assistant (Country Director's Assistant)
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Utsav KUMAR (Mr)
Senior Country Economist
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Jayamali RANAWEERA (Ms)
Head, Disbursement Unit
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R.K.D.T.L. MOLLIGODA (Ms)
Senior Private Sector Development Officer (PPP Focal Point)
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Roshani YOGARAJAH (Ms)
Senior External Relations Officer
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  About SLRM

Established in 1997, Sri Lanka Resident Mission's primary responsibilities include:

  • Initiate and maintain dialogue with the government on issues that are relevant to ADB operations in the country
  • Strengthen project processing and portfolio management
  • Prepare the country partnership strategy and country operations business plan
  • Strengthen working relations with development partners, academia, and the private sector
  • Plan and prepare ADB's economic and sector work for Sri Lanka
  • Promote external relations and disseminate information about ADB and its operations

  Holidays 2022

SLRM will be closed on these dates:

  • Independence Day: February 4 (Friday)
  • Day Prior to Sinhala / Tamil New Year: April 13 (Wednesday)
  • Sinhala / Tamil New Year's Day: April 14 (Thursday)
  • Good Friday: April 15 (Friday)
  • Day Following Vesak Full Moon Day: May 16 (Monday)
  • Poson Full Moon Poya Day: June 14 (Tuesday)
  • Holy Prophet's Birthday: October 10 (Monday)
  • Deepavali Festival: October 24 (Monday)
  • Full Moon Poya Day: November 7 (Monday)
  • Christmas Day: December 26 (Monday), in lieu of December 25

Last updated: 27 December 2021