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  "title": "Resident Representative Office in Sri Lanka",
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  "summary": "This web page presents information about the work of the IMF in Sri Lanka, including the activities of the IMF Resident Representative Office. Additional information can be found on the Sri Lanka and IMF country page, including IMF reports and Executive Board documents that deal with Sri Lanka.",
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      "heading": "Resident Representative for Sri Lanka",
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          "text": "Martha Woldemichael"
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          "text": "Resident Representative in Colombo"
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      "heading": "Office Information",
      "lines": [
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          "text": "Phone: (94) 11 2477141"
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          "text": "Fax: (94) 11 2477684"
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      "heading": "At a Glance : Sri Lanka's Relations with the IMF",
      "lines": [
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          "text": "Current IMF membership: 191 countries"
        },
        {
          "text": "Sri Lanka joined the Fund in August 29, 1950"
        },
        {
          "text": "Quota: SDR 578.8 million"
        },
        {
          "text": "Outstanding Purchases and Loans: Stand-by Arrangements SDR 847.50 million",
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          "linkText": "Outstanding Purchases and Loans: Stand-by Arrangements SDR 847.50 million",
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              "linkText": "Outstanding Purchases and Loans: Stand-by Arrangements SDR 847.50 million"
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          "text": "2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sri Lanka",
          "href": "https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2022/03/25/Sri-Lanka-2021-Article-IV-Consultation-Press-Release-Staff-Report-and-Statement-by-the-515737",
          "linkText": "2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sri Lanka",
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      "heading": "Sri Lanka and the IMF",
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  "bullets": [
    "The IMF Resident Representative in Colombo is Martha Woldemichael.",
    "Information about the work of the IMF in Sri Lanka includes activities of the IMF Resident Representative Office.",
    "Additional information can be found on the Sri Lanka and IMF country page, including IMF reports and Executive Board documents that deal with Sri Lanka.",
    "Press Briefing : IMF Staff Level Agreement on the Fifth Review for Sri Lanka's Economic Reforms Under the Extended Fund Facility — October 9, 2025",
    "Press Briefing on the IMF Executive Board Approval of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement — March 20, 2023",
    "End-of-Mission Press Conference, September 1, 2022, Colombo, Sri Lanka",
    "Asia’s economic resilience is being put to the test by the war in the Middle East and ensuing energy shock.",
    "Higher fuel prices are raising inflation and squeezing budgets, exposing the region’s reliance on imported energy and the need to protect people and speed up reforms.",
    "Read the Report",
    "[Sri Lanka and the IMF](https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/lka#Sri%20Lanka%20and%20the%20IMF)"
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