https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/123456789/10 2026-04-15T21:15:19Z https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/8180 A Method for Targeting Information Disclosure to Flag Corruption Risks in Procurement - Application to Sri Lanka de Mel, Nishan; Handy, Michelle; Rajakulendran, Raj In this paper, authors look at how identifying ‘red-flags’ in corruption procurement can work for Sri Lanka. It assesses procurement information disclosure levels on Sri Lanka’s E-Government Procurement platform (www.PROMISe.lk) and identifies the critical compliance gaps in information disclosure, and what improvements in disclosure requirements can be most productive to identify and pre-empt corruption risks in Sri Lanka’s public procurement. Authors develop an analytical method that converts the guidance provided by the Open Contracting Partnership’s guidance on corruption red-flags in public procurement into a metric for assessing the marginal benefit of additional information disclosure on procurement. It then applies that metric to assess the consequences of disclosure shortfalls in Sri Lanka and makes strategic recommendations on increasing the mandated disclosure requirements. 32p. 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/8179 A Cabinet that Works : Ministries in Sri Lanka Parliamentary Research Team, Verité Research The role played by the Cabinet of Ministers is critical to ensure that the government functions efficiently and effectively. Verité Research has found that the way in which Cabinet portfolios are designed in Sri Lanka impedes the ability of government to be effective. It found that the problem of irrational, larger-than-necessary, unstable Cabinet ministries has been common across successive governments during the 2010-2020 period.Therefore, fixing these problems is critical to have a government that functions efficiently and effectively. Based on its research, Verité Research provides a model sample of 15 ministries that can minimise irrationality and fragmentation. 20p. 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/8178 Proposal for a national media guideline on ethical reporting of women and girl-children Media Team, Verité Research; Politics Team, Verité Research This briefing note proposes national media guidelines for ethical reporting on women and girl children. It draws on the long-standing work of Ethics Eye, which for nearly a decade has monitored Sinhala-language media and documented recurring patterns of coverage that normalise violence, reinforce harmful stereotypes, and discourage survivors from seeking justice. Building on these findings, the briefing note calls on the government to: (i) Draft and adopt survivor-centred national media guidelines and encourage their adoption by mainstream and digital outlets; and (ii) Allocate funds in the 2026 Budget to support training and capacity-building on the guidelines. 12p. - The briefing note was developed in partnership with the Embassy of France in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, to promote ethical media standards concerning women and girl children. It was prepared for the Ministry of Mass Media and handed over to the Deputy Minister of Mass Media, Kaushalya Ariyarathne, by the Verité Media and Politics team. 2025-11-01T00:00:00Z https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/8176 FCTC Evaluation : Sri Lanka’s Compliance with Article 6 - Price and Tax Measures to Reduce the Demand for Tobacco Economics Team, Verité Research This briefing note evaluates Sri Lanka’s compliance with Article 6 of the FCTC through its existing policies on tobacco control. Section 2 of the briefing note provides an overview to Article 6 of the FCTC and its recommendations. It also describes the methodology employed to evaluate Sri Lanka’s compliance with the recommendations. Section 3 evaluates each recommendation by category to assess its impact on better tax and price outcomes as well as Sri Lanka’s current compliance for both cigarettes and other tobacco products (OTPs). In Section 4, the findings are analysed at the category, product and recommendation levels. Section 5 concludes with several interventions to improve compliance with FCTC Article 6. 42p. 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z