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The Hidden Side of Cigarette Pricing
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-07)This insight examines how analysis of past tax and price data reveals two aspects of cigarette pricing that are hidden from media reporting. First, net-of-tax price grew at a faster rate than the tax per cigarette; second, ... -
Reducing Domestic Barriers to Export Success : Simplifying and Rationalising the Exporter Registration Process is Critical
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-04)Export promotion has been a key policy objective of successive governments of Sri Lanka. The Government aims to double the value of exports to USD 20 billion by 2020. Currently, the government is taking measures to improve ... -
Wading Through Murky Waters: A Case Study of Regulatory Ineffectiveness in Sri Lanka’s Import Tax Exemption Schemes
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-04)Import taxes are critical for government revenue. However, because these taxes are often high, the government has introduced import tax exemption schemes. Through these schemes, businesses can bypass certain taxes and save ... -
Natural Disaster Insurance Coverage : Solving the Lethargy on Language Policy Will Help SMEs Island-wide
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-04)Despite an increasing number of natural disasters in recent years, Sri Lanka suffers from a limited uptake of natural disaster insurance coverage. Sri Lanka’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are especially vulnerable ... -
Cigarette Tax Indexation in Budget 2019
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-07-17)The presentation discusses the cigarette tax indexation that was implemented by Sri Lanka’s Budget for 2019 (released in March). This indexation solved 2 problems of cigarette tax revisions in Sri Lanka—they were both too ... -
Explaining Sri Lanka’s New Emergency Regulations on ‘Publication’
(2019-04-25)Sri Lanka’s president issued a new set of Emergency Regulations on 22 April 2019. This note explains the contents of Emergency Regulation 15, which concerns the ‘control of publications’, and certain other regulations ... -
Statement which describes the ministerial responsibility
(Manthri.lk - Research Team, 2019-05-15) -
Resigned Muslim Ministers on June 03, 2019 - Sinhala
(Manthri.lk - Research Team, 2019-06-03) -
Budget Infographic: Provincial Councils and Local Government
(Colombo: Manthri.lk, Verite Research, 2019-03-28) -
Who is Responsible for ‘Alternative Facts’ on Cigarette Taxation?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-07)There are three false claims that have been prevalent in print media, in relation to the tax and price increases of cigarettes in the last quarter of 2016. The claims were that (i) tax revenue reduced, (ii) beedi ... -
Sri Lanka’s Economic Competitiveness: A Microcosm of its Politics?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-03)The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), ranks the competitiveness of economies. The GCI score is calculated using two types of indicators: objective (or measurable) indicators and sentiment (or subjective) indicators. ... -
The new Ministers of Finance: Will their budget keep its promises?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-08)An analysis of past budgets revel large deviations between budgeted allocations and actual expenditure. This shows that expectations set by the government during the budget speech are not honoured. This Insight analyses ...