Sri Lanka and ADB

ADB’s operations in Sri Lanka help address the immediate challenges from the economic crisis and assist in economic stabilization and recovery.

In the Spotlight

  • ADB Approves $350 Million for Sri Lanka Economic Stabilization Program

    News Releases, News Release

    ADB Approves $350 Million for Sri Lanka Economic Stabilization Program

    ADB has approved a $350 million special policy-based loan to provide budget support to Sri Lanka for economic stabilization. The program is part of a broader package of financial assistance anchored by the International Monetary Fund’s Extended Fund Facility for the country, which aims to stabilize the economy and lay the foundation for economic recovery and sustained growth.

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    Three Ways to Kickstart the Use of Biomethane in Asia

    To pursue an equitable energy transition, we need to find new ways to produce energy. Biomethane is a low-cost, reliable, and community-oriented way to start.

  • Publications, Papers and Briefs

    Sri Lanka: Integrated Road Investment Program

    This project brief analyzes the impacts and benefits of Sri Lanka’s ADB-funded Integrated Road Investment Programs (iRoad) to improve connectivity between rural communities and bolster socioeconomic progress.

  • Brochures and Flyers

    Asian Development Bank and Sri Lanka: Fact Sheet

    Sri Lanka is a founding member of ADB. To date, ADB has committed 482 public sector loans, grants, and technical assistance totaling $11.2 billion to Sri Lanka.

ADB assisted Sri Lanka's rehabilitation from the damages and neglect during 3 decades of civil war.

The Serendipity Knowledge Program is an ADB platform dedicated to knowledge solutions.

ADB repurposed funds from existing projects and is helping the import of essential items, financing support for small and medium-sized enterprises, and livelihood development in the agriculture sector.

Sri Lanka Facts

ADB's Work in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a founding member of ADB. To date, ADB has committed 482 public sector loans, grants, and technical assistance totaling $11.2 billion to Sri Lanka. Cumulative loan and grant disbursements to Sri Lanka amount to $9.42 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 41 loans and 1 grant worth $3.64 billion.

In 2022, ADB provided a series of interventions as emergency assistance to help address the immediate challenges from the economic crisis in Sri Lanka.


Data: Sri Lanka

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.

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

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.

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

ADB Projects in Sri Lanka   View all projects

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

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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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

SLRM will be closed on these dates:

Last updated: 12 December 2022