President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a team of economic and fiscal experts as members of the Presidential Advisory Group on Multilateral Engagement and Debt Sustainability, including former Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy.
The members of the Advisory Group are Dr. Coomaraswamy, who is also a former Head of the Economic Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat; Georgetown University Professor of the Practice of Development and former World Bank Chief Economist Prof. Shanta Devarajan; and former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Institute for Capacity Development Director and former IMF Africa Department Deputy Director Dr. Sharmini Coorey, according to a President’s Media Division (PMD) press release.
The release added that since the appointment of the Presidential Advisory Group, the members have had a round of discussions with the President on key matters in going forward with the IMF programme, and continue to be in regular communication with related requirements.
Among the responsibilities that the Presidential Advisory Group will undertake are to engage in discussions with relevant Sri Lankan institutions and officials engaging with the IMF, and to provide guidance that will address the present debt crisis and lead towards sustainable and inclusive recovery for Sri Lanka, the release concluded.
Ex-CBSL Governor in high powered Presidential Advisory Group
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Ex-CBSL Governor in high powered Presidential Advisory Group
06 Apr 2022