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Policy Needed on Environment: REDD+ is a plus
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-03-14)
The prime minister of Sri Lanka made a policy statement on 5th November 2013 to indicate the future priorities of the new government. It had over 70 inspirational statements indicating a wide array of issues and subjects ...
TAs with India and China: Potential for Sri Lanka
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-04)
Sri Lanka has various levels of trade agreements (TAs) with both India and China. A new TA with China was mooted in 2014 and the appetite for that continues in the new presidency and policy context of 2015. While statistics ...
Improving Sri Lanka’s Business Environment: It’s not so difficult
(2014-11)
In his budget speech, Finance Minister, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka “aims at gaining a ranking among the top 10 countries in Asia Pacific in the Doing Business Index (DBI).” This Insight finds constructive ...
Sri Lanka Tourism: What got us here, won’t get us there
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-04-23)
Sri Lanka has doubled its tourist arrivals since 2010, which is credited to the peaceful environment in the country following the ending of the war together with the ongoing strategic investments in the tourism sector, new ...
Solving the dilemma of export diversification
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-03-19)
Sri Lanka’s exports are flagging in two ways: first, the exports to GDP ratio is on the decline; second, Sri Lanka’s share in world exports is on the decline. The second is important in understanding the problem: it tells ...
Provincial Council Elections 2014: Reading into the margins - Western and Southern Provinces
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014)
Provincial Council elections were conducted in Sri Lanka’s Western and Southern provinces on 29 March 2014. This report analyses political party performance at these elections using historical, polling division, and ...
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 ...
Sri Lanka: International Trade - Performance and Prognosis
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-07)
This brief provides a detailed analysis of Sri Lanka's trade performance during 2013 and the first quarter of 2014. The review highlights the external and internal drivers that shaped Sri Lanka's external trade developments. ...
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 ...