US$ 2bn World Bank-backed plan to power Sri Lanka’s next growth phase - Business | Daily Mirror
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“The World Bank Group and the Government of Sri Lanka launched a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) to support Sri Lanka’s continued recovery, help achieve its 7 percent medium-term economic growth target, and support job creation.”
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— NatWest Group plc is a British banking and insurance holding company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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— The following outline is provided as an overview and topical guide of France:
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— The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. It is the largest and best-known development bank in the world and an obse…
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“Nearly one million young Sri Lankans are expected to enter the job market over the next decade.”
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Wikipedia entries for Sri Lanka Matha, Sri Lankan civil war, and Sri Lankan diaspora do not address youth employment projections. No corroborating sources found.
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— The "Sri Lanka Matha" (English: "Mother Sri Lanka"; Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා මාතා, romanized: Śrī Laṅkā Mātā; Tamil: ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தாயே, romanized: Srī Laṅkā Tāyē) is the national anthem of Sri Lanka. "Sri La…
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— The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, a…
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— The Sri Lankan diaspora are a population grouping consisting of people who can trace their ancestry to the lands that make up the current modern-day state of Sri Lanka but live elsewhere.
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“The partnership will mobilise significant resources from the World Bank Group, including more than US$1 billion in direct and mobilised investment over five years by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and up to US$1 billion in low-interest financing over the next three years from the World Bank.”
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Wikipedia entries for List of largest banks, President of the World Bank Group, and World Bank Group do not specify funding figures or partnership details. No corroborating sources found.
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— The following are lists of the largest commercial banks in the world, as measured by total assets and market capitalization.
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— The president of the World Bank Group is the head of World Bank Group. The president is responsible for chairing the meetings of the boards of directors and for overall management of the World Bank Gr…
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— The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. It is the largest and best-known development bank in the world and an obse…
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“Sri Lanka’s recovery over the past three years has been hard-won and impressive.”
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“The partnership focuses on four key areas: Making it easier to do business... doubling annual export earnings to US$36 billion by 2030.”
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“In the energy sector, a phased programme will help Sri Lanka generate 70 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, adding 1 gigawatt of new clean power.”
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“Following Cyclone Ditwah in November 2025, which caused an estimated US$ 4.1 billion in damages and affected 2.2 million people, the partnership will fund stronger early warning systems and resilient infrastructure.”
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“The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has just approved the first major project under this framework: the Regional Empowerment through Vibrant, Inclusive, and Viable Economies (REVIVE) Project — a US$100 million investment in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.”
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“REVIVE will boost local economic opportunities... and is expected to create 3,000 new jobs and benefit around 260,000 people by 2031.”
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