Dr. Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department, delivered the assessment during a public lecture on the IMF Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific, held at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. “Sri Lanka has come out of the crisis stabilising its economy across three dimensions,” Dr. Srinivasan stated referring to Sri Lanka’s Growth, Revenue, and Inflation. “Overall, the IMF programme for Sri Lanka has delivered on many of its objectives,” Dr. Srinivasan concluded. All of you, the authorities, and the people of Sri Lanka need to be congratulated for the progress made so far,” he said. In his regional remarks, Dr. Srinivasan projected that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be a key driver of the Asian economy.