Research Outputs: Recent submissions

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    • Sri Lanka's Government Revenue in 2021 Covered Only 41% of Expenditure 

      Raj Prabu, Rajakulendran (Verité Research, 2022-09-07)
      Government revenue in 2021 was only 41% of its expenditure, which was inadequate to cover even its recurrent expenditure. It falls short of the two largest recurrent expenditure components cumulatively - salaries & wages, ...

    • Public Report on the 2022 Budget: Assessment of the Fiscal, Financial and Economic Assumptions Used in the Budget Estimates 

      De Silva, Dinuk; Mubarak, Faiq; Musammil, Miflal; Hanifa, Hafsa; Siyambalapitiya, Sumini (Colombo: Verité Research, 2021)
      The 2022 budget was presented to the parliament on November 12, 2021, outlining the government’s proposals to raise public funds through taxation and proposals for expenditure during the year. These proposals form the ...

    • Public Report on the 2022 Budget: Assessment of the Fiscal, Financial and Economic Assumptions used in the Budget Estimates - Infographics 

      de Silva, Dinuk; Mubarak, Faiq; Musammil, Miflal; Hanifa, Hafsa; Siyambalapitiya, Sumini (2021-12)
      The 2022 budget was presented to the parliament on November 12, 2021, outlining the government’s proposals to raise public funds through taxation and proposals for expenditure during the year. These proposals form the ...

    • Costs of Doing a Job For Urban Women In Sri Lanka - Infographics 2022 

      Econ Team (2022)
      This IKR entry contains infographics done to disseminate the findings of the report "Costs of Doing a Job for Urban Women in Sri Lanka". The study found that the cost of doing a job is 1.6 times the compensation they ...

    • Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 03 2022 (Press Release) 

      Amarasekara, Pumudika (Verité Research, 2022-10)
      Syndicated Surveys by Verité Research which gauge public sentiment on Sri Lankans' various social and political viewpoints. The data is collected through a telephone interview and a nationwide randomised sample of around ...

    • Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 02 2022 (Press Release) 

      Amarasekara, Pumudika (Verité Research, 2022-06)
      Syndicated Surveys by Verité Research which gauge public sentiment on Sri Lankans' various social and political viewpoints. The data is collected through a telephone interview and a nationwide randomised sample of around ...

    • Celebrating Parliaments - International Day of Parliamentarism 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-06-30)
      The International Day of Parliamentarism is celebrated, on 30 June, the date in 1889 on which the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) was formed - to promote democratic governance, accountability, & cooperation among its ...

    • Costs of Doing a Job For Urban Women In Sri Lanka 

      Abeysinghe, Subhashini; de Mel, Nishan; Siyambalapitiya, Sumini; Perera, Mihindu (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-05)
      This report addressed a knowledge gap by conducting quantitative surveys and FGDs to estimate monetary & non-monetary “costs of doing a job” for women in Sri Lanka, to understand if it is cost prohibitive to engage in work ...

    • Parliamentary Complex at Diyawanna completes 41 years 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-04-29)
      As of April 29, 2023, it's been 41 years since the relocation of the Parliament of Sri Lanka to its present complex at Diyawanna. This infographic highlights upon the history behind the relocation, including information ...

    • Select Committee to Investigate Causes for Sri Lanka's Financial Bankruptcy 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-07-07)
      On 6 July 2023, Speaker of the House Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena appointed a Select Committee of Parliament under the Chair of Sagara Kariyawasam to Investigate Causes for Sri Lanka's Financial Bankruptcy. This infographic ...

    • Least Active MPs - August 2020 to February 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-06-16)
      This infographic shows the least active MPs between August 2020 and February 2023, marking 2.5 years since the inaugural meeting of the 9th Parliament. It was found that the bottom 64 MPs contributed less than the top 5 ...

    • World Environment Day 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-06-05)
      This infographic shows ranking of the topic out of the 15 topics monitored (8/15), the percentage of the total time spent on the topic (4.7%), number of MPs who contributed to the topic (158) and the top 5 contributing MPs ...

    • World Press Freedom Day 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-05-05)
      This infographic shows ranking of the topic out of the 65 subtopics monitored (40/65), the percentage of the total time spent on the topic (0.6%), number of MPs who contributed to the topic (46), and the top 5 contributing ...

    • World Labour Day 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-05-04)
      This infographic shows ranking of the topic out of the 15 topics monitored (11/15), the percentage of the total time spent on the topic (2.9%), number of MPs who contributed to the topic (135), and the top 5 contributing ...

    • Most Active MPs in Parliament from August 2020 to February 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-06-07)
      This infographic shows the most active MPs between August 2020 and February 2023, marking 2.5 years since the inaugural meeting of the 9th Parliament. The highest contributing MP is Mahindananda Aluthgamage (SLPP), followed ...

    • Removing PUCSL's Chairperson 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-05-24)
      This infographic is created as a response to the Motion took place in Parliament on 24th May 2023 to remove Mr. Janaka Rathnayaka who was the Chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) from his ...

    • Discussing Defence in Parliament 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-05-19)
      This infographic shows the analysis on allocation for the Defence sector and the parliamentary discussion on the topic of Defence. According to the analysis, the budget allocations for the Defence is considerably higher ...

    • Parliament Talks: Most Discussed Topics in Parliament from August 2020 to May 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-07-31)
      This infographic highlights the topics that are mainly discussed in 9th Parliament from August 2020 to May 2023. Economy and finance is the most discussed topic in the Parliament during the above-mentioned period of time ...

    • Most discussed topics in parliament in June 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-07-08)
      This Infographic shows the most discussed topics in the 9th Parliament in June 2023 and the MPs who contributed the most to those topics. Topics and contributors are Economy and Finance (Ranjith Siyambalapitiya - SLPP), ...

    • MPs Attendance in Parliament - July 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-07-28)
      This infographic shows the attendance of MPs in the Parliament during the 8 sittings in July 2023. This infographic also highlights the 7 MPs who had the lowest attendance during the Parliament sittings. Those MPs were ...