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The Cost of a Kevili Table in 2023
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-04-14)
During Avurudu 2023, the cost of preparing a Kevili table rose by 2.4 times since 2019. The ingredients used were taken from popular YouTube Channel Appe Amma.
CBSL more Optimistic than the IMF
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-06-16)
According to the Annual Report of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) published for the financial year 2022, projected real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth was higher than the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) ...
Defence Sector Claims Nearly Half of State Salaries
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-06-02)
According to the 2023 Budget Estimates, 15% of total recurrent expenditure of the government will be spent on salaries for government employees for the year 2023. As of 2023, the defence sector is estimated to claim nearly ...
Average Time Taken to Restructure Debt
(2022-06)
A country resorts to debt restructuring when its public debt is unsustainable. Debt restructuring involves a substantive default on existing debt contracts. This can occur through an orderly or disorderly process. An orderly ...
Interest payments weigh heaviest in 2022!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-07-24)
The central bank's annual report for 2022 reveals that interest payments have reached their highest level. This increase in interest payments suggests a significant debt burden on the government. The ratio of interest ...
Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 05 2023 - IMF Programme (Press Release)
(Verité Research, 2023-06)
Syndicated Surveys by Verité Research which gauge public sentiment on Sri Lankans' various social and political viewpoints. The data is collected through a telephone interview and a nationwide randomised sample of around ...
Sri Lanka met 25% of IMF commitments and failed 1 by March
(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 ...
International Women's Day
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-08)
In Sri Lanka women are half as likely to enter the labour market, and twice as likely to be unemployed than men. 82% of the unemployment for women comes from between the ages of 20 and 40. This is almost seven times the ...
How Committed was the Sri Lankan Government to Implementing its Crisis-Response Policies
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-17)
This set of infographics depict the government's response to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. 15 cabinet decisions and parliamentary proposals were tracked that focused on health, agriculture and fuel. Of the total, ...
Sri Lanka met 35 IMF commitments and failed 7 by end-July
(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 ...