Sri Lanka, June 17 -- The International Monetary Fund's Executive Board is scheduled to evaluate Sri Lanka's fourth review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) on July 01, IMF's First Deputy Managing Director Dr. Gita Gopinath said during an exclusive interview with Ada Derana.

She noted that Sri Lanka has made "lots of improvement" and "lots of progress" in restoring macroeconomic stability at the midpoint of its four-year IMF-supported program.

"At this point, again, lots of improvement that we have seen, lots of progress. We are on the path to the fourth review for Sri Lanka. July 1st is the date that we have for the board, who will evaluate this review and make the decision," Dr. Gopinath said during Ada Derana's current affairs p...