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Budget 2023: Expenditure under the President and Prime Minister
(Manthri.lk, 2022-11-29)
This set of infographics provides how the budget was spent under President, Ranil Wickremesinghe and PM, Dinesh Gunawardena. More than half of the expenditure in the budget 2023 is under the President (31.1%) and PM (25.2%). ...
IMF tracker: Infographics June 2023
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-06)
The purpose of this analysis is to ensure that VR’s IMF Tracker can be used more effectively to raise public awareness about monitoring of public finance, and to increase its use by CSOs to monitor progress. The analysis ...
The Problem with Procurement
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-10-04)
Sri Lanka’s 2023 IMF Programme includes a commitment to disclose public procurement contracts through an online fiscal transparency platform. The online transparency platform was to be operational by March 2023, but the ...
Political Career of Anura Kumara Dissanayake
(Manthri.lk, 2022-07-19)
These infographics gives personal details (such as date of birth, educational qualifications, family connections to politics) of Anura Kumara Dissanayake and details of his political career i.e. start date of political ...
Parliamentary report card: Keheliya Rambukwella – September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to March 2022
(Manthri.lk, 2021-08-19)
This report card shows the contribution of MP Keheliya Rambukwella (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to March 2022. This includes ...
Highlights from the Appropriation Bill for 2023
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-11-02)
The Appropriation Bill for 2023 was presented to Parliament on the 18th of October, ahead of the budget speech in November.
The Appropriation Bill shows that there is a 26% increase in expenditure planned for 2023, while ...
Navigating Sri Lanka's Debt: Better Reporting Can Help – A Case Study on China Debt
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-02)
This brief shows that the failure to factor external debt outside central government agencies leads to an underestimation of Sri Lanka’s debt. This underlying informational problem is illustrated in three sections. The ...
How did Sri Lanka Finance Government Expenditure in 2022?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-05-15)
Total government expenditure for the year 2022 amounted to LKR 4,472 billion. Out of which total revenue and grants could only cover 45% of spending while the remaining 55% was financed via borrowings.
Budget 2022 - Most discussed topics during budget sittings: November - December 2021
(Manthri.lk, 2022-01-23)
This infographic shows the most discussed topics during the budget 2022 sittings in November and December 2021. The topics and the top contributing MPs to those were: Economy and Finance – Shehan Semasinghe (SLPP), Urban ...
How MPs voted on the 19th and 20th amendments
(Manthri.lk, 2022-04-12)
The 19th amendment to the constitution dilutes the executive powers of the President while 20th amendment enhances the same. 19th amendment was passed with 214 votes in favour during the 7th parliament and 20th amendment ...