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A Technical Case for Affordability-Based Pricing of Cigarettes
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-09)
By 2014, tax revenue from cigarettes accounted for over 4.9% of total government revenue. However, thus far, Sri Lanka’s tax adjustments have been ad hoc, and driven by political and bureaucratic discretion rather than a ...
Any president can contest a third term – if 18A is valid
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-11)
This INSIGHT discusses the eligibility of twice-elected Sri Lankan presidents to contest a third term. It demonstrates that the textual arguments claiming to disqualify such presidents are mistaken: first, because an ...