SL’s new investor outreach drive aims to boost foreign capital
Sri Lanka is stepping up efforts to attract foreign investors in its drive for an economic revamp, with the country garnering international recognition for its improved relations with investors in 2025.
It is ranked fifth globally in terms of largest score improvement among 54 developing and emerging economies, the latest Investor Relations and Debt Transparency Report of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) revealed. .
The country’s rank rose by +9.1 points yearly to 37.33 on a 50-point basis, leaping greatly from 25.2 in 2023 and 28.21 in 2024.
Investor mood is viewed by the government as the key to mobilising both portfolio flows as well as long-term investment for sectors such as infrastructure, tourism, green power, and manufacturing, a Finance Ministry told the Sunday Times Business.
Among the impelling forces for the upgrade has been the creation in 2025 of a dedicated Investor Relations Unit (IRU) under the newly created Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, he said.
This was the first official collaboration with the IIF and is aimed at offering global investors direct access to transparent, timely, and credible information.
Effective investor relations reduce uncertainty, improve trust, and enhance the appeal of the country as an investment location.
The IRU role is to facilitate high-level engagement between top policymakers and international investors, making transparent debt and fiscal disclosure, and facilitating prompt responses to market queries. These measures, the IIF said, have elevated Sri Lanka’s profile and reputation firmly.
Sri Lanka is conveying a message to foreign markets that it is fully committed to long-term economic reforms at a time where the government is negotiating new funding for infrastructure and energy development projects, as well as attracting private investors for public-private partnerships (PPPs).
The IIF recognition is therefore not merely a statistical marker but one of the pillars of Sri Lanka’s new investment story: that Sri Lanka is open, transparent, and business-ready. Officials point out that these reforms will be rolled out even further to enable further interaction with the global financial community.
If successful, it would accelerate Sri Lanka’s return to the international capital markets — a vital step towards the financing of the next phase of its economic recovery.
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