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    • Export Challenges Faced by S&SEA e-Commerce Providers 

      Econ Team, Verité Research (Geneva: CUTS International, 2019-07)
      This Country Update Note addresses the most pressing issues faced by e-commerce providers in exporting their products or services. The note incorporates the views of the public and private sectors, and covers general ...

    • Export Competitiveness: Moving from USA towards Asia 

      Verité Insights;
      Verité Research       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-05-06)
      Over 50 percent of Sri Lanka’s exports go to the USA and the West. While Sri Lanka’s total exports remain tilted towards the USA and the West, growth is tilting to the East, and more towards Asia. The consequence of the ...

    • Export Import Bank of India : Railway Development Dollar Credit Line 100 Million - Loan Agreement 2008 

      Export Import Bank of India (2008-07-23)
      Included here is the loan agreement related to Railway Development Dollar credit line of 100 million dated 2008.07.23. The project was executed by the Ministry of Transport and implemented by Sri Lanka Railways. The funder ...

    • Export Import Bank of India : Railway Development Dollar Credit Line 318 Million - Loan Agreement 2017 

      Export Import Bank of India (2017-06-06)
      Included here is the loan agreement related to Railway Development Dollar credit line of 318 million dated 2017.06.06. The project was executed by the Ministry of Transport and implemented by Sri Lanka Railways. The funder ...

    • Export Import Bank of India : Railway Development Dollar Credit Line for Restoration of Northern Railway Services - Loan Agreement 2012 

      Export Import Bank of India (2012-01-17)
      Included here is the loan agreement related to Railway Development Dollar credit line for Restoration of Northern Railway Services dated 2012.01.17. The project was executed by the Ministry of Transport and implemented by ...

    • Export-Import Bank of Korea : Deduru Oya Water Supply Project - Contract Agreement 2016 

      National Water Supply and Drainage Board; Ministry of City Planning and Water Supply (Colombo: Ministry of City Planning and Water Supply, 2016-12-23)
      Included here is the contract document related to the Deduru Oya Water Supply Project dated 2016.12.23 - P&D/DOWSP/EDCF/W/DB/2014/01. The project was executed by the Ministry of City Planning and Water Supply and implemented ...

    • The Exporting Problem of SMEs: Finance is one solution 

      Verité Insights;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-09)
      Since the turn of the century, not only have Sri Lankan exports declined as a share of its GDP, but also in terms of its global share. Sri Lanka had a larger global share of exports at Independence, than at present. There ...

    • Exports to India – Putting the free back into the FTA 

      VR Insights;Vol. 3, No. 14
      Munas, Hasna; Nathaniel, Vidya       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-07)
      Sri Lanka’s history with bi-lateral trade agreements demonstrates the need for more careful negotiation. This Insight explains how the tariff benefits of the India Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISFTA) have been outweighed ...

    • Expunged Statements: What are they? 

      Parliamentry Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-09-01)
      This infographic explains about the statements of MPs which are expunged by the Speaker in the parliament. As well, the infographic shows the nature of statements that can be expunged by the Speaker. There are 10 MPs who ...

    • Facilitating the Registration of Trademarks: A Step towards Creating Internationally Recognised Sri Lankan Brands 

      Ekanayake, Anoji; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Sanguhan, Yajna; Esufally, Sabrina (Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-02)
      The Madrid Protocol is a simplified global system for registering trademarks abroad. It eases trademark registration abroad for Sri Lankan businesses. Sri Lanka was looking to complete accession to the Madrid Protocol by ...

    • Facing a Second Wave of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka: Economic Cost of a Lockdown Strategy 

      Asia's Path Forward;
      de Mel, Deshal; Kapilan, Anushan       (Washington: Center for International Private Enterprise, 2020-08)
      As of August 2020, Sri Lanka is currently in the post-lockdown stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the surge in the number of infections in mid-March, the country was forced into a complete lockdown with all-day ...

    • Facing a second wave of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka: Economic cost of a lockdown strategy 

      Asia's Path Forward;
      de Mel, Deshal; Kapilan, Anushan       (2020-08-27)
      As of August 2020, Sri Lanka is currently in the post-lockdown stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the surge in the number of infections in mid-March, the country was forced into a complete lockdown with all-day ...

    • Fading Belief: Addressing the Lacunae in the Right to Religious Worship in Sri Lanka 

      Mohan, Gayathri; Legal Team, Verité Research (Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-05)
      This report aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the current state of FoRB and registration of places of worship in Sri Lanka, highlighting areas where improvements are needed to ensure the protection of the ...

    • Fair Recruitment of Migrant Workers in Sri Lanka: A Legal Gap Analysis 

      Legal Team (Verite Research, 2022-04)
      This report analyses and discusses the legal and policy issues surrounding recruitment practices for foreign employment that Sri Lankan migrant workers face. For this study, the team has selected issues relevant to three ...

    • Family Connections in the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka. 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-07-09)
      This Infographic shows the 71 out of the 225 MPs in the previous parliament had immediate family members in politics.

    • Family Connections in the Sri Lankan Parliament 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2024-02-05)
      Manthri.lk found that 66 MPs (at minimum) in the 9th Parliament has family connections in public office, encompassing 28% of the total MPs. A person in public office is defined as having been elected at a national or ...

    • Farmers' Pulse Survey July 2021 - Infographics 

      Econ, Team (Verité Research, 2021-08-25)
      These infographics are based on the 7 key findings of the Farmers’ Pulse survey July, 2021. In April 2021 President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced a ban on the importation of chemical fertiliser in Sri Lanka. Accordingly, ...

    • Female legislators in the 9th parliament 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2022-03-08)
      This infographic shows the percentage of gender representation (M = 94.7%; F = 5.3%) in the 9th parliament and also the percentage of productive contributions by gender (M = 95.9%; F = 4.0%). It also highlights the top ...

    • Female Representation in Sri Lankan Legislatures 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2022-03-11)
      This set of infographics show representation of female parliamentarians and its percentage composition from the State Councils (1931) to Parliament of Sri Lanka (to present). Over 50% of Sri Lanka’s population are women ...

    • Financing Infrastructure: The (Non) Concessionality of Concessional Loans 

      de Mel, Nishan; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha (2020-06)
      Sri Lanka is highly dependent on international loans from multilateral and bilateral sources to finance infrastructure development. Multilateral and bilateral borrowing is often favoured by governments such as Sri Lanka ...