TY - BOOK ID - 84545297 TI - Sri Lanka : Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - International Monetary Fund PY - 2003 SN - 1455294446 1451985622 1280882514 145188365X 9786613723826 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - South Asia KW - Sri Lanka KW - Description and travel. KW - Description and travel KW - Public Finance KW - Social Services and Welfare KW - Poverty and Homelessness KW - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General KW - Government Policy KW - Provision and Effects of Welfare Program KW - Education: General KW - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General KW - Health: General KW - Poverty & precarity KW - Social welfare & social services KW - Education KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Health economics KW - Poverty KW - Poverty reduction strategy KW - Poverty reduction KW - Public financial management (PFM) KW - Health KW - Finance, Public UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84545297 AB - The paper presents key findings of the Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Sri Lanka. Despite the country’s substantial achievements in human development and the economy’s external openness, several factors have impeded Sri Lanka’s ability to realize its growth potential. The IMF staff considers that Sri Lanka’s poverty reduction strategy constitutes an adequate policy framework to increase growth and reduce poverty. However, its successful implementation will require more work in key areas. ER -