Sri Lanka: IMF Led Privatization, Land And Resource Grab – OpEd
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By Asoka Bandarage*
On September 1, 2022, debt-trapped Sri Lanka reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a 48-month Extended Fund Facility of $2.9 billion, which hardly covers the country’s outstanding debt, nor its immediate survival needs.
Nevertheless, IMF structural...