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MP Voting Record on Key Legislation: Anuradhapura district MPs
(2015-07-24)
This infographic depicts Anuradhapura District MPs voting record on 18th Amendment, CJ Impeachment, Casino and 19th Amendment.
Are Sri Lanka’s exports to India overdependent on concessions?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-05-26)
Sri Lanka’s exports as a share of GDP has declined from 33% in 2000 to 13% in 2015. One of the solutions has been to diversify Sri Lanka’s markets. This is because over 50% of Sri Lanka’s exports go to the EU and the United ...
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 ...
Social and Household Networks in Sri Lanka: Does Networking Create a Disparity in Employment Outcomes
(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 ...
International Workers' Day: Are MPs Doing Enough on Labour Issues
(Manthri.lk, 2017-05-01)
This infographic was uploaded for International Workers' Day, showing the highest mp contribution to the topic of labour and which extent to it has been discussed in Parliament.
Exports to India – Putting the free back into the FTA
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-07)
Sri Lanka’s history with bi-lateral trade agreements demonstrates the need for more careful negotiation. This Insight explains how the tariff benefits of the India Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISFTA) have been outweighed ...
Sri Lanka: Domestic Workers, An Analysis of the Legal and Policy Framework
(Colombo, Verite Research Pvt. Ltd., 2015-03)
This report analyses the legal and policy frameworks applicable to domestic workers in Sri Lanka. The report uses global standards of decent work to offer a fresh perspective on the problem and aims to outline a strategy ...
Sri Lanka’s tea industry – too long in adolescence, it’s time to grow up
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-02-26)
Tea sector wage negotiations periodically go into deadlock. There are political reasons for this situation, but also an overarching economic one: global tea prices have declined – as it periodically happens – and the ...
E-Government Procurement: Enabling Business through Efficient Systems
(Verité Research, 2017-01)
E-procurement offers the government major cost-savings, higher value for money and better fiscal management. By making procurement more efficient, cost-effective, and competitive, e-procurement can create a stronger ...
Budget Promises 2019: Education
(Manthri.lk, 2019)
Percentages out of the total budget for Education in 2018 and 2019 were compared, undisclosed progresses from 2018 proposals, top 5 MPs contributed to Education in Parliament, minister's contribution and parliament's ...