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    • 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 ...

    • Sri Lanka Losing Ground in Investment and Trade Freedoms 

      Verité Insights;
      Verité Research       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-09-29)
      This Insight shows two worrying trends in the Trade and Investment Freedoms of Sri Lanka, using the 2015 Index of Global Economic Freedom to derive the analysis. First is that although the country’s Investment and Trade ...

    • Sri Lanka met 25% of IMF commitments and failed 1 by March 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-04-21)
      Sri Lanka had met 25% of the trackable programme commitments of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme as at the end of March 2023 but had failed on one. Many of the commitments met were classified as “prior ...

    • Sri Lanka met 29 IMF commitments and failed 3 by end-May 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-06-19)
      Sri Lanka had met 29 of the 100 trackable commitments of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and had failed on three as of the end of May 2023. Two of the failed commitments relate to revenue. The first is to ...

    • Sri Lanka Met 33 IMF Commitments and failed 8 by end-June 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-07-17)
      Sri Lanka had verifiably met 33 of the trackable programme commitments of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme as at the end of June 2023 but had failed eight. Growing number of failed commitments, the number ...

    • Sri Lanka met 35 IMF commitments and failed 7 by end-July 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-22)
      The share of Sri Lanka’s 100 trackable commitments in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme for which no data has been made available to assess progress — despite passing the agreed deadline — has increased from ...

    • Sri Lanka Met 38 IMF Commitments and Failed 8 by end-August 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-09-15)
      Sri Lanka verifiably met 38 of the 57 trackable commitments that were due for completion by end-August in its 17th programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

    • Sri Lanka met 41 IMF commitments and failed 11 by end-Oct 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-11-17)
      Sri Lanka verifiably met 41 of the 73 trackable commitments that were due for completion by end-October 2023 in its ongoing programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to the latest update from ‘IMF ...

    • Sri Lanka Missed Deadline to Create an Online Fiscal Transparency Platform 

      Econ Team (Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-04-28)
      Sri Lanka misses the IMF deadline to create an online platform for fiscal transparency. However, some of the data is slated to be made public by the end of April.

    • Sri Lanka Ports Authority – A Profitable SOE 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (2022-05)
      The SLPA has made an operating profit since 2015. The SLPA revenue has consistently witnessed a growth from 2015 to 2019 , with a marginal decline in 2020.From 2016 onwards the SLPA has managed to make a net profits. A ...

    • Sri Lanka Provincial Council Elections 2012 

      Research Bulletin;Vol. 02, No. 04
      de Mel, Nishan; Chaaminda, Sumith       (2012-09)
      This report features a comprehensive analysis of the Provincial Council Elections held in September 2012, detailing the performance of major political parties, voting trends, and the emerging political landscape in post-war ...

    • Sri Lanka Strategic Assessment 2016 

      de Mel, Nishan; Gunatilleke, Gehan; Fernando, Janeen; Knight, Malathy; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Mohammed, Rehana; Wettimuny, Shamara; Munas, Hasna (Colombo: The Asia Foundation, 2016-03)
      Sri Lanka underwent a major political transition in 2015 with the election of President Maithripala Sirisena and the establishment of a new coalition government between the United Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) and one ...

    • Sri Lanka Strategic Assessment 2016 

      Verité Research (The Asia Foundation, 2016-03)
      Sri Lanka underwent a major political transition in 2015 with the election of President Maithripala Sirisena and the establishment of a new coalition government between the United Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) and ...

    • Sri Lanka to be Saddled with High Interest Bill in 2024 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-10-09)
      The Appropriation Bill for Budget 2024 indicates an increase in allocated expenditure from LKR 5854 bn in 2023 to LKR 6563 bn in 2024. Interest payments saw a 20 percent rise, from LKR 2189 bn in 2023 to LKR 2634 bn. In ...

    • Sri Lanka Tourism: What got us here, won’t get us there 

      Verité Insights;
      Verité Research       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-04-23)
      Sri Lanka has doubled its tourist arrivals since 2010, which is credited to the peaceful environment in the country following the ending of the war together with the ongoing strategic investments in the tourism sector, new ...

    • Sri Lanka vs. IMF Programme Targets 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-01-13)
      Sri Lanka is currently entering its 17th IMF programme with the impending board level agreement. However, over the 54-year period from 1965 to 2019, Sri Lanka has been in an IMF programme for 28 of those years. In other ...