ADB supports Sri Lanka’s reform efforts to address the root causes of the economic crisis with an emphasis on protecting poor and vulnerable people.
Development Asia
As Sri Lanka’s largest urban area, Colombo serves as the country’s financial and cultural hub. The city’s growing population, rising economic activities, and expansion plans are driving up the demand for water supply.
News from Country Offices
ADB has approved a 100ドル million policy-based loan to support Sri Lanka’s water supply and sanitation sector reforms to enhance the country’s resilience to climate change impacts and promote long-term sustainability.
Papers and Briefs
This brief shows how an ADB-led pilot to ramp up action against trade-based money laundering (TBML) in Asia helped bolster the suspicious transaction reports (STRs) needed to crack down on criminals and drive trade transparency.
Development Asia
International cooperation among tax authorities has become a critical component of modern tax administration, particularly in strengthening domestic revenue mobilization and combating the illicit flow of financial transactions.
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 in the import of essential items, SME support, and agriculture livelihood development.
Sri Lanka is a founding member of ADB. The bank disbursed 908ドル million to Sri Lanka in 2023 and committed 610ドル million in loans. Technical assistance commitments totaled 5ドル.5 million for the year.
ADB will support the country’s climate action and environmental sustainability, mainstream gender equality and social inclusion, strengthen governance and institutional capacity, and promote digitalization across ADB’s operations.
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.
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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Established in 1997, Sri Lanka Resident Mission's (SLRM) primary responsibilities include:
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Last updated: 10 November 2023