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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 ...
Cigarette Taxes Need Parliament’s Oversight
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-06-02)
Every year, on the 31st of May, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners mark World No Tobacco Day. This day is set apart to highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and to advocate for effective ...
Devolution of Police Powers: A Guide for Decision-makers
(Verite Research, 2016-10)
In 1987, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was passed in order to devolve powers to Provincial Councils, as a step towards solving the ethnic conflict. The scheme of devolution under the 13th Amendment sought to divide ...
Devolution of Land Powers: A Guide for Decision-makers
(Verite Research, 2016)
This is a practical guide for decision-makers on
devolving land powers in Sri Lanka. It is meant
to help comprehend the complex and sometimes
contradictory provisions in relation to
the devolution of powers over land. ...
Sri Lanka: LLRC Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No.4 - LLRC Recommendations and UNHRC Commitments
(Verité Research, 2016-06)
In January 2015, Sri Lanka underwent its first major political transition since the end of the armed conflict in 2009. The immediate post-war years saw limited progress towards reconciliation and accountability. In such ...
Trademark Registration: From Colombo to Madrid
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-11-30)
The Madrid Protocol is a global mechanism for registering trademarks outside one’s home country. It reduces the time, inconvenience and cost incurred by companies attempting to ensure international recognition and protection ...
Exchange rate management: politics trumps professionalism
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-01-26)
Most people in a country don’t understand the intricacies of exchange rate management. Nevertheless, actions in this regard have significant implications for the economic stability, growth and overall success of the economy, ...
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 ...
Sri Lanka’s post war growth: Still stuck in an unsustainable strategy
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-01)
Sri Lanka has been driving post-war growth in boom and bust cycles on the trade deficit; and fiscal measures have been used, especially spending on construction, to offset the bust cycles. This insight explains how this ...
Economic mismanagement is a governance problem – it needs governance solutions
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-05-11)
Elected officials and selected bureaucrats are given a huge amount of power to act on behalf of the public – modern democracies function on this basis: that citizens hand over their power to elected representatives. But ...