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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 -
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. ... -
Expenditure Proposals from the 2023 Budget
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-11-15)The infographics contain some of the key expenditure proposals presented in the 2023 Budget. -
Expenditure Proposals: Budget 2024
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-11-13)The highest expenditure proposal from the 2024 Budget amounted to LKR 11,250 million for a decentralized budget programme. The list of infographics displays the highest expenditure proposals from the 2024 Budget. -
Explaining Sri Lanka’s New Emergency Regulations on ‘Publication’
(2019-04-25)Sri Lanka’s president issued a new set of Emergency Regulations on 22 April 2019. This note explains the contents of Emergency Regulation 15, which concerns the ‘control of publications’, and certain other regulations ... -
Explaining the Mirage of GDP Growth Optimism
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-08)The government estimates that by 2015 per capita GDP will quadruple from what it was in 2004. But this is a mirage: real incomes will not even double in that period. The mirage is created by counting in US dollars and ...