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Challenges Faced by Sri Lankan e-Commerce Providers
(Geneva: CUTS International, 2019-05)
This Country Update Note illustrates the perceptions of e-commerce providers in Sri Lanka on the most pressing issues they face when undertaking cross-border trade. The objective is to understand specific barriers they ...
Trading with China: Challenges and Policy Issues faced by MSMEs
(Geneva: CUTS International, 2018-07)
The note illustrates the views of, and challenges faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in exporting to China, with a focus on China’s trade policy and trade standards that may have hindered exports.
Sri Lanka’s Export Problem: Not Concentration, But Composition
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-08)
Sri Lanka's exports are heavily concentrated in a few markets and a few products. The government's recognition of export diversification as an important policy strategy to revive exports indicates that both market and ...
Special Report – Budget 2012
(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 ...
Analysis of Sri Lanka's improved position in the 'Doing Business Index' 2012
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2011-11-01)
The World Bank’s ‘Doing Business Index’ measures the ease with which domestic small and medium sized enterprises can do business in their home countries. Between 2011 and 2012, Sri Lanka’s rank in the Doing Business Index ...
Employees Provident Fund (EPF): Special Report
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2012-03-28)
This brief discusses the performance of the Employees' Provident Fund's (EPF) equity investments in the period 2009–2010 in comparison to risk-free government securities, the All Share Price Index (ASPI) and equity ...
Sri Lanka Strategic Assessment 2016
(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
(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 ...
Mapping Sri Lanka's Political Parties: Actors and Evolutions
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-11)
This report examines the histories of individual political parties in Sri Lanka. Over the course of Sri Lankan history, four political parties have dominated the political landscape: the United National Party (UNP), the ...
Maintaining Democratic Space in the Public Sphere: A Strategy for Sri Lanka Civil Society
(Verité Research, 2015-10)
Civil society in Sri Lanka has maintained a complex relationship with political society. Over the years, the nature and extent of civil society space has been determined by the policies and ideologies dominant in the ...