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Eran Wickramaratne - Passport Ranking
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-02-22)PARTLY TRUE: [The] Sri Lankan passport [is] …97th among global passports…What does it mean? It means that…you have access to 40 countries without a visa. Sri Lanka has very little access to other countries to get a visa ... -
Eran Wickramaratne - Remittances
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/12/2023)PARTLY TRUE: If we look at remittances, the highest amount of remittances have been received in 2016, 2017, 2018. Thereafter, some arrived in 2020 and after that, it has declined steadily. Remittances peaked at around USD ... -
Eran Wickramaratne: All Borrowings Used to Repay Debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/22/2019)PARTLY TRUE: Total borrowings by the Government have been completely used to repay debt. - Eran Wickramaratne, Daily FT, 19 June 2019 -
Eran Wickramaratne: Excise taxes
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/12/2024)PARTLY TRUE: The government, despite taking the path of revenue-based stabilisation, has fallen significantly short of its targets. For instance, excise revenues have fallen short by approximately 43%, with collection at ... -
Eran Wickramaratne: Female Labour Force Participation
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/24/2019)TRUE: Sri Lanka’s Labour Force Participation (LFP) was 36% for women versus 75% for men in 2016, which is the 14th largest gender gap in LFP globally. In 2016, young women have the highest unemployment rate in Sri Lanka; ... -
Eran Wickramaratne: Foreign investment
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/25/2021)TRUE: There has been a big outflow of foreign investment from the stock exchange. In terms of rupee value, Rs. 51 billion outflows was registered in the year 2020… - Eran Wickramaratne, Lanka Business Online, 18 January 2021 -
Eran Wickramaratne: Reserves
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/24/2022)TRUE: Compared to 2019 and 2021, the decrease in foreign reserves is 80% in Sri Lanka. But other countries in the [South Asian] region have seen an escalation of their reserves. - Eran Wickramaratne, Daily FT, 25 January 2022 -
Eran Wickramaratne: Sri Lanka's record cost of interest
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/30/2021)TRUE: 70% of government revenue is spent on interest on loan repayment. Lebanon is the only country in the world that pays higher interest than Sri Lanka as a percentage of national revenue. - Eran Wickramaratne, Daily ... -
Eran Wickramaratne: Tourism Percentage of GDP
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/10/2019)TRUE: Sri Lanka’s tourism sector accounts for 5% of gross domestic product. - Eran Wickramaratne, Dinamina, 22 May 2019 -
ETCA With India: Time to Shift Focus From Market Integration to Supply Chain Integration
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-04-27)This article looks at; 1) what are global supply chains and why do they matter; 2) how new trade deals are focusing more on supply chain resilience than market access; 3) how current trade deals with India are focused on ... -
Ethics Eye: Bukiya - 27 February 2020
(2020-02-27)ඉරිදා මව්බිම පුවත්පතේ පළවන 'බුකිය' නම් වන කොලමෙන් උපුටා ගත් කොටස් කිහිපයක් මෙහි දක්වා ඇත. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවධානයට පාත්ර විය යුතු කරුණු කිහිපයක් සාකච්ඡා කෙරේ. -
EU (revision of) Minimum Residue Level: Potential Effects on Exporting MSMEs
(Geneva: CUTS International, 2018-05)The note illustrates the views of, and challenges faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as well as monitoring organisations on the requirements of the Maximum Residue Level (MRL), for pesticide use, that exporters ... -
Exceptionalism of Domestic Debt Restructuring in Sri Lanka
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-08)Sri Lanka's approach to Domestic Debt Restructuring (DDR) stands out in its specificity and methodology. Notably, the strategy is centred on restructuring superannuation funds and Central Bank Holdings. According to an IMF ... -
Exchange rate management: politics trumps professionalism
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-01-26)Most people in a country don’t understand the intricacies of exchange rate management. Nevertheless, actions in this regard have significant implications for the economic stability, growth and overall success of the economy, ... -
Executive Dominance: How Big is the Sri Lankan Executive, in Comparison to Other South Asian Countries?
(Manthri.lk, 2023-08-19)VR's Manthri Team analysed executive dominance within South Asian legislatures. This infographic delves into comparing the size of the Sri Lankan executive with its South Asian peers, including reflecting the actual numbers ... -
Expanding Exports: Relevance of Export Finance
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-09)This study examines the status of the export finance market in Sri Lanka and identifies the key limitations that prevent export finance from playing a proactive role in promoting exports. It reveals that the access, ... -
Expected GDP Outcomes - Budget 2023
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-11-15)Sri Lanka Budget 2023 expects a 27% year over year increase in nominal GDP, with an increase of LKR 6,519 Bn. from the revised 2022 estimates. -
Expected GDP Outcomes: Budget 2024
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-11-13)The 2024 budget forecasts a greater contraction in 2023 and higher growth in 2024 compared to IMF projections. -
Expelling of SJB MPs - Parliamentary Report card: Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara
(Manthri.lk, 2023-07-19)This report card was created as a response to the removal of SJB MPs Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara from the party for accepting ministerial portfolios as the Minister of Tourism and Lands and Minister of Labour ... -
Expenditure on the Education Sector : Regional Comparison
(2022-01-24)The UN has dedicated the 24th of January as the International Day of Education in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. Sri Lankas’ Education Expenditure has been lagging behind regional peers. ...