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Unlocking the Potential of Data: A case study - Data dissemination practices in Sri Lanka Customs (Presentation)
(2020-09-17)
Successful economies have increasingly recognised the importance of improving access to data collected by governments. Accurate, timely and easily accessible data helps private sector growth and results in improved delivery ...
Financing Infrastructure: The (Non) Concessionality of Concessional Loans
(2020-06)
Sri Lanka is highly dependent on international loans from multilateral and bilateral sources to finance infrastructure development. Multilateral and bilateral borrowing is often favoured by governments such as Sri Lanka ...
Shaping and influencing public discourse on public policy: Role of think tanks and research organizations (Presentation)
(2022-08-31)
Think tanks and research organizations have a role in shaping and influencing public discourse on public policy. The objective of this presentation is to introduce Verité Research, their research products and the impact ...
Post-Covid19: Can the Sri Lankan apparel sector benefit from US-China decoupling? A statistical analysis
(National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka, 2021)
The “US-China decoupling” has received much attention with the deterioration of US-China diplomatic and economic ties under the Trump administration. US firms seeking to reduce their reliance on China offers an economic ...
Opening up Trade Data: The Benefits to Sri Lanka
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2020-06)
International trade data are the foundational basis when formulating trade policies and assessing their impacts. Trade data is vital for firms engaging in international trade to make sound business decisions. Unfortunately, ...
Navigating Sri Lanka's Debt: Better reporting can help – a case study on China debt = ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ණය කළමනාකරණයට නිවැරදි වාර්තාකරණයේ වැදගත්කම – චීන ණය පිළිබඳ සිද්ධි අධ්යයනයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-02)
The published information on debt underestimates Sri Lanka’s overall external public debt burden and its distribution amongst external lenders. This problem arises because Sri Lanka’s reporting of external debt is limited ...
Costs of Doing a Job For Urban Women In Sri Lanka
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-05)
This report addressed a knowledge gap by conducting quantitative surveys and FGDs to estimate monetary & non-monetary “costs of doing a job” for women in Sri Lanka, to understand if it is cost prohibitive to engage in work ...
W(h)ither environmental governance? - Limited access to information undermines meaningful public participation in development projects (Research Brief)
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-06)
There is a surge in public agitation against environmental destruction caused by ongoing development projects in Sri Lanka. The surfacing of environmental issues after construction has commenced is highly problematic for ...
The lure of Chinese loans : Sri Lanka’s experiment with a special framework to finance its infrastructure investments - Presentation
(2022-09-22)
China was the leading provider of external finance to Sri Lanka for infrastructure development during 2010-2016 accounting for 37% of the total. Sri Lanka borrowed USD 5,895 million from China for infrastructure development ...