Research Outputs: Recent submissions
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Sunanda Madduma Bandara: Sri Lanka's real growth
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-05-01)FALSE: Sri Lanka’s per capita GDP was USD 140 in 1959. Following the economic crisis, in 2020, it stood at USD 3,474. This also shows that there has been a massive change in the income level of the country as well as the ... -
Anupa Pasqual: University admission
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-04-24)FALSE: Only 40,000 of these 400,000 students [that enter Grade 1] are given the opportunity to go to university. 90% do not get into university and are left to drift aimlessly. Anupa Pasqual, Parliament of Sri Lanka ... -
Vijitha Herath: Presidential budget
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-04-03)PARTLY TRUE: Despite this economic crisis and…the fact that the government reiterated that it would slash expenses, the president’s expenditure head has been… [increased to] LKR 3,779 million…If we consider the amount that ... -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Tax cuts
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-07-24)BLATANTLY FALSE: That is an utter lie. […] The COVID-19 pandemic spread in the country by 2020 and the importation of vehicles was halted along with that. […] The country was under lockdown for six months and certain sectors ... -
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Unbroken nine year economic boom
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-07-14)PARTLY TRUE: Our management of the economy resulted in an unbroken nine-year economic boom. We had no difficulty in paying off our debts […] Mahinda Rajapaksa, EconomyNext, 12 May 2024 -
Lakshman Kiriella: Domestic debt restructuring
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-07-03)FALSE: No other country in the world has taken 2.5 years like this [Sri Lanka] for debt restructuring. Every country completed that process in 1 or 1.5 years. Lakshman Kiriella, Parliament, 22 May 2024 -
Rohana Bandara: Budget promises
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-06-12)PARTLY TRUE: If [the president] has a dream, there should be a systematic plan to turn that dream into reality. He presented a budget in 2023 to this country’s parliament. It turned into a false statement where 94% of that ... -
Ashok Abeysinghe: Micro, small and medium enterprises
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-06-19)PARTLY TRUE: 237,143 small and medium enterprises have been closed down within these three years alone [2020-22] due to the economic crisis. Ashok Abeysinghe, Parliament, 7 May 2024 -
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Current account
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-03-27)TRUE: "By the end of 2022, the current account deficit of the balance of payments was 1.9% of the GDP. We were able to achieve a surplus in the current account of the balance of payments by the end of 2023. This was the ... -
Revenue performance: January - August 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-10-29)During the first eight months of 2024, government revenue rose from LKR 1,819 billion to LKR 2,557 billion compared to the same period in the previous year. This increase arises from high revenue growth across all major ... -
අයවැය විනිවිදභාවය: ලකුණු කාඩ්පත - රටවල් 125 කින් ශ්රී ලංකාව 80 වැනි ස්ථානයට පත්ව ඇත
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-31)The Open Budget Survey (OBS) is the world’s only independent, comparative, and fact-based research instrument that uses internationally accepted criteria to assess public access to central government budget information, ... -
Sri Lanka's public sector outweighs Asian peers
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-11-20)Sri Lanka’s public sector employment levels are highest among countries in South and Southeast Asia region. In 2023, 15% of the total 8 million workforce (1.16 million people) were employed in the public sector, including ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Prices vs. Formula Price in November
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-11)Following the monthly fuel price revision on 01 November 2024, the market price of 92 octane petrol and the market price of auto diesel remained unchanged. However, the cost-reflective fuel formula prices for 92 octane ... -
The Price of Parliament (2022)
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-11)In 2022, the most recent year with detailed data, Sri Lanka spent LKR 3,248 million on operating its parliament, amounting to an average of LKR 32.2 million per sitting. This expenditure is divided across the subsections ... -
Dissecting Personal Laws in Sri Lanka: Property Rights in Tesawalamai Law
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-21)Sri Lanka has distinct personal laws applicable to specific ethnic and religious groups, such as Kandyan Law, Muslim Law, and Tesawalamai Law. This infographic focuses on the disparities between Tesawalamai Law and the ... -
Dissecting Personal Laws in Sri Lanka: Divorce in Muslim Law
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-19)Sri Lanka has distinct personal laws applicable to specific ethnic and religious groups, such as Kandyan Law, Muslim Law, and Tesawalamai Law. This infographic focuses on the disparities between Muslim Law and the General ... -
Dissecting Personal Laws in Sri Lanka: Divorce in Kandyan Law
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-20)Sri Lanka has distinct personal laws applicable to specific ethnic and religious groups, such as Kandyan Law, Muslim Law, and Tesawalamai Law. This infographic focuses on the disparities between Kandyan Law and the General ... -
Sri Lanka’s government education expenditure is the world’s third lowest
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-10)In 2022, Sri Lanka’s government, both provincial and central, allocated only 1.5 percent of GDP on all levels (including primary, secondary, and tertiary levels). This placed Sri Lanka as the third-lowest country in the ... -
Sri Lanka's government education expenditure is the lowest in South Asia
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-10)In 2022, Sri Lanka’s government, both provincial and central, dedicated only 1.5 percent of its GDP to education, including primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. This places Sri Lanka at the bottom of the list for ... -
9 Years Since Bond Scam
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-27)The 27th of February marks nine years since the infamous “bond scam” of 2015. This resulted in a forensic audit, completed in 2019, on activities of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) with regard to bond market auctions ...