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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Alexander Kozul-Wright

As Sri Lanka votes, a $2.9bn IMF loan looms large

Sri Lanka's president and presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe greets his supporters during an election rally on September 18, 2024 [AFP]

Ahead of Sri Lanka’s presidential election, no issue is more central than the economy.

With the South Asian country still struggling from its worst financial crisis in decades, Saturday’s ballot amounts to a referendum on austerity measures imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last year.

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