Srilanka, May 18 -- Sri Lanka has achieved a number of positive outcomes which have begun to yield results due to prudential macroeconomic policies, fiscal discipline and debt management under the IMF program, said Secretary to the Treasury and the Ministry of Finance, Mahinda Siriwardana.

"Some of the key outcomes include efficient public finance management and increasing Government revenue from around 8.5 percent of the GDP, one of the lowest in the world to 13.5 percent last year and our aim is to increase it to 15 percent this year," Siriwardana said.

He was delivering the keynote speech at the launch of the Master of Public Finance Management (MPFM) Degree program 2025/26 by CA Sri Lanka and the Association of Public Finance Accou...