Article: BRIEFING - ASIA INFRASTRUCTURE - MAY 6, 2009.

Article: SRI LANKA'S HIGHER EDUCATION NEEDS UPGRADE, MORE ...
AsiaPulse News;  July 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ...COLOMBO, July 22 Asia Pulse - Sri Lanka's higher education system needs ... government budget is much lower in Sri Lanka. In South Asia, Pakistan, India ... tertiary education. "I think that Sri Lanka faces a historic opportunity to ...

Article: SRI LANKA'S FOREIGN AID PIPELINE NARROWS.
AsiaPulse News;  July 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ...COLOMBO July 9 Asia Pulse - Sri Lanka's foreign aid pipeline from Western ... the first five months of 2009, Sri Lanka had fresh aid commitments of only ... announced by Iran. Even without Iran, Sri Lanka had tied up nearly US$600 million ...

Article: ANALYSIS: SRI LANKA PUTS ON BRAVE FACE BEFORE IMF ...
AsiaPulse News;  March 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ...COLOMBO, March 20 Asia Pulse - Sri Lanka is putting on a brave face after ... Amunugama said the funding Sri Lanka has asked for from the IMF was ... require some policy adjustments. But Sri Lanka has made a formal request for a ...

Article: SRI LANKA PLANS AMBITIOUS 7.0-PCT DEFICIT UNDER IMF ...
AsiaPulse News;  July 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ...COLOMBO, July 22 Asia Pulse - Sri Lanka is planning a budget deficit of ... deal to give US$2.5 billion to Sri Lanka with the first tranche of US ... significant impact on our ratings." Sri Lanka has a 'B' speculative rating ...

Article: SRI LANKA SAYS U.S ASSURED NO BLOCKING OF IMF LOAN.
AsiaPulse News;  July 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ...COLOMBO, July 10 Asia Pulse - Sri Lanka has received an assurance from ... threatened to block the IMF loan to Sri Lanka on political grounds." US secretary ... appropriate time" to consider a loan to Sri Lanka. But the US diplomat had told ...

Article: SRI LANKA MONETARY AUTHORITY IN OFFBEAT IMF-STYLE ...
AsiaPulse News;  August 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ...COLOMBO, Aug 24 Asia Pulse - Sri Lanka's Central Bank has acquired US ... the money is not available for Sri Lanka's cash-strapped finance ministry ... From September 2008 to April 2009 Sri Lanka's central bank bought more than ...

Article: SRI LANKA SAYS MILK PRICES TO DECREASE MARGINALLY.
AsiaPulse News;  July 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ...COLOMBO, July 20 Asia Pulse - Sri Lanka, which taxes imported milk powder at very high levels ... Permanent Food crisis But rising trade barriers in Sri Lanka has kept food prices in Sri Lanka at virtually 2008 'food crisis' levels while citizens ...