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    • Share of Foreign debt has increased to 47% of total debt by April 2022​ 

      Raj Prabu, Rajakulendran (Verité Research, 2022-08-16)
      Foreign debt as a percentage of total outstanding government debt increased from 37% at the end of 2021 to 47% in the first quarter of 2022. On average for the past decade domestic debt has accounted for 56% and foreign ...

    • Shavendra Silva: A war hero for the Sinhala press, an accused war criminal for the Tamil press 

      Divide;
      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 10/1/2019)
      The entry includes the English writeup of how the Sinhala and Tamil press perceived Army Commander Shavendra Silva.

    • Shrinking Tax Base Increases Tax Burden on Existing Taxpayers 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-03-30)
      The income tax per person is calculated as the total government revenue from income tax (including PAYE) divided by the total registered taxpayers for income tax which includes Individual Tax Payers and Employees paying ...

    • Silent Suppression: Restrictions on Religious Freedoms of Christians 1994-2014 

      Fernando, Janeen (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015)
      This study systematically analyses trends of restrictions faced by Christians over the past twenty years and aims to provide activists, academics, civil society, religious leaders and other relevant stakeholders key insights ...

    • Sinhala and Tamil Language Press Coverage of the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) 

      Media Team (Veritè Research, 2019)
      The manner in which theSinhala and Tamil press reported on the Office on Missing Persons

    • Sinhala Press Coverage of COVID-19: January-March 2020 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-03)
      On 03 April 2020 Ethics Eye published an infographic summarising the number of times Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima (and their Sunday variants) violated the media ethics guidelines while reporting on COVID-19

    • Siripala Gamlath: UNHRC Resolution 

      S1228;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/19/2020)
      FALSE: The other dangerous consequence of co-sponsoring [UNHRC Resolution 30/1] is that this country’s ‘war heroes’ can be taken before an international court at any instance. - Siripala Gamlath, Divaina, Aruna, 25 February 2020

    • Sirisena meets with the TNA regarding political prisoners 

      Divide;
      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 2/20/2019)
      The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the the meeting between President Maithripala Sirisena and TNA on political prisoners was reported in the Sinhala and Tamil press. The entry also includes 4 ...

    • Sisira Jayakody: TNA dual citizenship 

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      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 8/2/2019)
      BLATANTLY FALSE: We know that some of the MPs of the Tamil National Alliance have dual citizenship. - Sisira Jayakody, 2 January 2019, Divaina

    • Sivanadipatha to Shri Padasthana 

      Divide;
      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 10/23/2018)
      The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the Tamil press covered the change of name of Adam's Peak from Sivanadipatha to Shri Padasthana. The entry also includes images of newspaper articles on the issue.

    • SLPP: Breakdown – 9th Parliament 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2022-04-05)
      This Infographic shows the composition of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in parliament as of 19 July 2020. It includes 114 MPs of the SLPP directly, 31 MPs of the coalition members of SLPP and 6 MPs of independent ...

    • Social and Household Networks in Sri Lanka: Does Networking Create a Disparity in Employment Outcomes 

      Perera, Mihindu (Social Science Research Network, 2019-11-15)
      This paper estimates the impact of social and household networks on employment outcomes in Sri Lanka.The results indicate that social networks, measured by language choice and locality, improve employment outcomes by ...

    • Solving the dilemma of export diversification 

      Verité Insights;
      Verité Research       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-03-19)
      Sri Lanka’s exports are flagging in two ways: first, the exports to GDP ratio is on the decline; second, Sri Lanka’s share in world exports is on the decline. The second is important in understanding the problem: it tells ...

    • Sources of Financing for Top 5 Ministries That Received the Highest Allocation in the 2022 Budget 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (2022-01-25)
      Based on the 2022 approved Budget estimates in 2020, 87% of government expenditure was financed via domestic sources and 13% was financed via foreign sources. In 2021 91% of expenditure is estimated to be financed domestically ...

    • Special Report – Budget 2012 

      de Mel, Nishan (Colombo: Verité Research, 2011-12-30)
      The report summarises Sri Lanka’s macroeconomic environment, analysing the 2012 budget and providing a comparative study of government expenditure. It finds that the focus of government expenditure has shifted from funding ...

    • Sri Lanka Budget 2013: Increasing Assistance, and Vulnerability 

      Economic series; December 2012
      de Mel, Nishan; Ratnayake, Jayani; Nathaniel, Vidya       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2012-12)
      This report presents an analysis of the contradictory nature of the Budget 2013 through increased assistance to the poor, while at the same time increasing their vulnerability. The analysis of Budget 2013, rather than ...

    • Sri Lanka failed 2 IMF commitments and met 25 by end-April 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-05-23)
      By the end April 2023, Sri Lanka had fulfilled 25% of its trackable commitments under the IMF program. Sri Lanka fell short on two commitments that were expected to be fulfilled by April 2023. The first of these is related ...

    • Sri Lanka Falls Behind Least Developed Countries in Trade Facilitation: Here are Three Steps it Can Take to Reverse This Trend 

      Background Note;No.05
      Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-07)
      This note compares progress made by Sri Lanka against its regional competitors, other developing and least developed countries in facilitating trade by making import and export procedures of the country efficient, less ...

    • Sri Lanka Has Set a Global Precedent in Domestic Debt Restructuring 

      Econ Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-24)
      This infographic looks at other countries that have also gone through domestic debt restructuring (DDR) since 1998 and the ways they have gone about this. Sri Lanka is the first country to use social security funds while ...

    • Sri Lanka Has The Highest Inflation Amongst South Asia Peers 

      Econ Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-04-26)
      Sri Lanka, amidst facing one of its worst economic crisis, is currently experiencing rapidly rising inflation. The inflation increased to 15.1% year-on-year in February 2022, a 13-year high. When compared against other ...