Multilateral assistance: World Bank backs state-revenue agencies reform

The reform and modernisation of state revenue agencies, as well as programmes aimed at safeguarding the integrity of public sector employees were discussed during a meeting between the World Bank and the Sri Lankan Government recently, according to a President’s Media Division statement made on Wednesday (6).  

The delegation, led by World Bank Country Manager for Sri Lanka Gevorg Sargsyan, reportedly met with the Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.

According to the statement, attention was further drawn to the work of the Revenue Administration Reform and Modernisation Bureau established under the Presidential Secretariat for the purpose of reforming and modernising state institutions. 

Discussions were also held on future collaboration between the World Bank and the bureau, the statement said. 

The importance of World Bank representatives engaging with programmes linked to the Internal Affairs Units established to safeguard the integrity of officials in state institutions was also discussed further during the meeting.

Also present at the occasion were Gevorg Sargsyan, Country Manager of the World Bank; Senior Economists Richard Walker and Anthony Obeyesekere; and Governance Specialist Till Hartman.

Source: The morning