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    • Harin Fernando: Chinese tourists 

      FactCheck.lk;P0073
      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 7/13/2023)
      PARTLY TRUE: If each Chinese tourist spent $5,000 that could raise a figure comparable to the recent International Monetary Fund bailout…If you really look at it, tourism can get Sri Lanka out of this mess. Harin Fernando, ...
    • Harin Fernando: employment trends 

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      FactCheck
      (factchecklka - Facebook, 10/12/2018)
      TRUE: Minister Fernando pointed out that employment has increased from 7.7 million in 2014 to 8.2 million in 2017. - Harin Fernando, 3 October 2018, Daily News
    • Harini Amarasuriya: Female Labor Force Participation 

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      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 10/22/2020)
      TRUE: ..according to the 2009 [sic, 2019] Annual Report from the Central Bank, the female labour force participation rate of Sri Lanka was 34.5%. It was 73% for men... We have one of the lowest female labour force participation ...
    • Harini Amarasuriya: Unpaid care work 

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      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 8/17/2023)
      TRUE: …there are a few factors that are not considered when measuring the contribution to the labour force…[a] large chunk of unremunerated work done by women is the main type of work that is not included in these statistics. ...
    • Harsha de Silva: Budget Deficit 

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      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 5/13/2021)
      TRUE: CBSL Annual Report states Sri Lanka's budget deficit for 2020 [was a] huge 11%. But it should be even higher at 14%. - Harsha de Silva, Harsha de Silva's Official Twitter, 1 May 2021
    • Harsha de Silva: EPF and ETF 

      FactCheck.lk;E1713
      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 5/25/2023)
      TRUE: The majority of Sri Lanka’s domestic debt is in treasury bonds. We have [almost 9,000 billion] worth of treasury bonds….44.5% of that is in banks….43% was borrowed from EPF & ETF. Harsha de Silva, Daily FT, 20 April 2023
    • Harsha De silva: Government debt 

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      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 10/1/2020)
      TRUE: …the government made a hue and cry [those days] saying that the debt rose by Rs. 5,700 billion in five years, didn’t they? However, during their time, it has risen by [approximately] Rs. 1,000 billion in just four ...
    • Harsha de Silva: Inflation in Asia 

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      FactCheck 
      (www.factcheck.lk  , 3/3/2022)
      TRUE: We [Sri Lanka] have the highest inflation in Asia as of now. - Harsha de Silva, Ada Derana, 1 February 2022 
    • Harsha de Silva: Loan Collateral 

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      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 8/20/2020)
      Also, for the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, when Sri Lanka, as a sovereign state, asked the international community for a loan, they asked for collateral. This is because the international community has identified ...
    • Harsha de Silva: Multidimensional poverty 

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      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 12/14/2023)
      PARTLY TRUE: The World Bank states that the poverty level which was at 13% in 2019 has by today, increased to at least 25%. The multidimensional Poverty Vulnerability of Oxford University and UNDP (sic) states that when ...
    • Harsha de Silva: Real Returns on EPF 

      FactCheck.lk;P0082
      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 9/29/2023)
      TRUE: […] In the [EPF] Act itself it specifies 2.5% return. […] at the time inflation was at around 1 percent, if you look at 5 years prior to 1958, the average would have been 1 percent. […] Over the years, some years ...
    • Harshana Rajakaruna: MPs not speaking in Parliament 

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      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 3/28/2019)
      TRUE: As a whole, 95% of MPs have spoken [in parliament in 2018]. It is only 5% who haven't spoken. - Harshana Rajakaruna, Silumina, 3 March 2019
    • The Hidden Side of Cigarette Pricing 

      Verité Insights;Vol. 05; No. 02
      Fernando, Nilangika; Munas, Hasna
      (Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-07)
      This insight examines how analysis of past tax and price data reveals two aspects of cigarette pricing that are hidden from media reporting. First, net-of-tax price grew at a faster rate than the tax per cigarette; second, ...
    • Highlights from the Appropriation Bill for 2023 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team
      (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-11-02)
      The Appropriation Bill for 2023 was presented to Parliament on the 18th of October, ahead of the budget speech in November. The Appropriation Bill shows that there is a 26% increase in expenditure planned for 2023, while ...
    • Highlights from the Appropriation Bill for 2024 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team
      (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-10-06)
      The Appropriation Bill shows that there is a 12% increase in expenditure planned for 2024. Interest payments alone remain more than one-third of total spending in 2024, reflecting an increase of 20% from 2023.
    • Hill Country Tamils of Sri Lanka: Analysis of Legal and Policy issues affecting labour and governance structure 

      Legal Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02)
      This report examines the socio-economic background and history of the Hill Country Tamil community (HCT) with a focus on health, education, labour and their primary engagement in the tea plantation industry. Thereafter, ...
    • Hill Country Tamils of Sri Lanka: Towards Meaningful Citizenship 

      Mohammed, Rehana; Razick, Sakeena; Dias, Rashmi; de Chickera, Amal; Gunatilleke, Gehan (Verité Research, 2019-08)
      The status of the Hill Country Tamils in Sri Lanka demonstrates that granting formal citizenship to stateless communities alone is inadequate in addressing the structural discrim-ination and historical marginalisation ...
    • How Committed was the Sri Lankan Government to Implementing its Crisis-Response Policies 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team
      (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-17)
      This set of infographics depict the government's response to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. 15 cabinet decisions and parliamentary proposals were tracked that focused on health, agriculture and fuel. Of the total, ...
    • How did Sri Lanka Finance Government Expenditure in 2022? 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team
      (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-05-15)
      Total government expenditure for the year 2022 amounted to LKR 4,472 billion. Out of which total revenue and grants could only cover 45% of spending while the remaining 55% was financed via borrowings.
    • How did the government finance its expenditure in 2023? 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team
      (Colombo: Verite Research, 2024-05-27)
      The 2023 fiscal numbers, recently released through the Central Bank of Sri Lanka's Annual Economic Review, reveal that the Government of Sri Lanka's total expenditure for 2023 was LKR 5,357 billion. A significant portion ...