ADB approves 200 mln USD loan to Sri Lanka

MANILA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday approved a policy-based loan of 200 million U.S. dollars to help Sri Lanka strengthen its financial sector.
The ADB said the second subprogram of its Financial Sector Stability and Reforms Program built on the stabilization and crisis management measures put in place under the first subprogram approved in 2023.
Policy reforms under the second subprogram will improve the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s (CBSL) regulatory supervision of banks to ensure financial stability. The move included an improved early warning system to identify banks’ weakening processes and introduce corrective actions, the Manila-based bank said.
According to the ADB, the CBSL will implement a new stress testing model to monitor solvency issues and liquidity stresses. ■