Now showing items 722-741 of 2023

    • Office for National Unity and Reconciliation Bill - Voting Breakdown - Second Reading 

      Parliamentary Research Team (2024-01-10)
      On January 9, 2024, the second reading of the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation Bill was passed with a majority of 41 votes. The following compilation of infographics reflects the list of MPs that voted in favour, ...
    • Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: A Monitoring Framework and Baseline Assessment 

      Wettimuny, Shamara; Esufally, Sabrina; Gunatilleke, Gehan (Verité Research, 2017-12)
      The methodology focuses on the online proactive disclosure of the central government. The methodology is based on international good practice and on the requirements for proactive disclosure set out under sections 8 and ...
    • Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking Public Authorities 

      Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking Public authority;1
      Legal Team
      (Colombo: Verité, 2023-09-04)
      Verité Research developed the methodology for this assessment in 2017 with the support of the World Bank and assessed the compliance of 55 public authorities with their online proactive disclosure requirements under the ...
    • Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking Public Authorities - Executive Summary 

      Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking Public authority;1
      Legal Team
      (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-09-04)
      Verité Research developed the methodology for this assessment in 2017 with the support of the World Bank and assessed the compliance of 55 public authorities with their online proactive disclosure requirements under the ...
    • Online Safety Bill - Voting Breakdown - Second Reading 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2024-01-24)
      On January 24, 2024, the second reading of the Online Safety Bill was passed with a majority of 46 votes. The following compilation of infographics reflects the list of MPs that voted in favour, against and MPs who were ...
    • Online Safety Bill is Constitutional 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-11-08)
      On November 8, 2023, the Deputy Speaker announced in Parliament that the Supreme Court determined that the Online Safety Bill is not inconsistent with the constitution.
    • Only 11 out of 52 SOEs have Published Financial Data up to 2022! 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team
      (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-07-13)
      Out of the 52 Key State-Owned Enterprises identified by the Ministry of Finance, only 11 have released their financial reports until the year 2022 as of June 30th, 2023. This progress does not align with Sri Lanka’s ...
    • Open Budget Survey 2019 (Presentation) 

      Jayasinghe, Lahiri (Colombo: Verité Research, 2020-06-04)
      Government budget decisions—what taxes to levy, what services to provide, and how much debt to take on—affect how equal a society is and the well being of its people, including whether the most disadvantaged will have real ...
    • Open Budget Survey 2021 in Context: South Asia 

      Yasmin, Raji; Udahiruni, Atapattu; Hafsa, Haniffa; Deshal, de Mel (Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-02)
      In an effort to make the Open Budget Survey (OBS) better reflect the views of their civil society partners and respond to requests by stakeholders, including development partners, IBP commissioned a set of regional briefs, ...
    • Opening up Trade Data: The Benefits to Sri Lanka 

      Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha (Colombo: Verité Research, 2020-06)
      International trade data are the foundational basis when formulating trade policies and assessing their impacts. Trade data is vital for firms engaging in international trade to make sound business decisions. Unfortunately, ...
    • Organic Fertiliser Transition in Sri Lanka: Farmers Were Providing an Early Warning of a Food Shortage = ශ්‍රී ලංකාව කාබනික පොහොර වෙතට මාරු වීමට දැරූ ප්‍රයත්නය: ගොවීන්ගෙන් ආහාර හිඟයක් පිළිබඳ පූර්ව අනතුරු ඇඟවීමක් 

      Verite Insights;Vol 9, No 05.වෙරිටේ විදසුන්;09 වෙළුම, 05 කාණ්ඩය
      Subhashini, Abeysinghe; Pumudika, Amarasekara; Rathika, Fernando; Ashvin, Perera
      (Verité Research, 2021-09)
      Sri Lanka introduced a ban on chemical fertiliser importation, and a shift to organic fertiliser starting April 2021. As existing stocks were beginning to deplete Verité Research conducted a survey in July to capture the ...
    • Parliament - Dissolution 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2022-04-05)
      These two infographics explain how parliament can be dissolved before the end of its term and when the term of the current parliament end. According to the Paragraph 1 of Article 70 of the Constitution, the President ...
    • Parliament 2023 Wrapped 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-12-15)
      On 13 December, parliament completed proceedings for 2023 with the conclusion of the committee stage debates of Budget 2024. This infographic analysed how parliament utilised their time, including the top 5 MPs that had ...
    • Parliament and Cabinet Needs Reliable Economic Analysis 

      Verité Insights;
      Verité Research
      (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-06-10)
      A regular feature of Sri Lanka’s public debates and writing on economic issues is that they are infused with factual inaccuracies or claims that are quite misleading. This reflects poor political and public understanding ...
    • Parliament prorogation 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2022-07-21)
      This set of infographics explain what a prorogation is, what happens when parliament is prorogued, and past prorogations in parliament. Since 1947 parliament has been prorogued 52 times and since the second republican ...
    • Parliament prorogation 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2021-12-15)
      This set of infographics explain what a prorogation is, what happens when parliament is prorogued, and past prorogations in parliament. Since 1947 parliament has been prorogued 52 times and since second republican constitution ...
    • Parliament prorogation 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-01-27)
      This set of infographics explain what a prorogation is, what happens when parliament is prorogued, and past prorogations in parliament. Since 1947 parliament has been prorogued 53 times and since the second republican ...
    • Parliament should have a formula for regulating cigarettes 

      VR Insights;Vol. 2, No. 11
      Fernando, Nilangika
      (Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-06)
      Variations in the tobacco excise tax affects Rs. 10s of billions in government revenue. Taxation and pricing have been inconsistent. This insight explains how the lack of a consistent method allows wide discretion to ...
    • Parliament Summary - April 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-05-10)
      This infographic includes the summary of Parliament in April 2023. There were 5 parliament sittings in April 2023. During the 5 parliament sittings, 50 written questions were asked but only 40 questions were answered. There ...
    • Parliament Summary - August 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-10-04)
      This infographic includes the summary of parliament in August 2023. There were 8 parliament sittings in August 2023. During the 8 parliament sittings, 78 written questions were asked but only 54 questions were answered. ...