01605cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007387 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451823356 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Sri Lanka : Background Papers. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995. 1 online resource (95 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Background Paper on Sri Lanka provides information on the economic developments during 1992-95. Developments in the domestic and external sectors are discussed. The deficiencies of the official consumer price index that resulted in a substantial understatement of inflation performance in 1994 and alternative estimates of underlying inflation are described. The structural rigidities in the labor market that perpetuate high unemployment and limit job growth are also described. The paper also examines fiscal sustainability, which emerged as the key medium-term policy objective. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1995/060 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1995/060/002.1995.issue-060-en.xml IMF e-Library