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    • CBSL more Optimistic than the IMF 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-06-16)
      According to the Annual Report of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) published for the financial year 2022, projected real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth was higher than the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) ...

    • Challenges Faced by Sri Lankan e-Commerce Providers 

      Econ Team, Verité Research (Geneva: CUTS International, 2019-05)
      This Country Update Note illustrates the perceptions of e-commerce providers in Sri Lanka on the most pressing issues they face when undertaking cross-border trade. The objective is to understand specific barriers they ...

    • Change in Tariffs on Monthly Electricity Consumption 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-02-23)
      Electricity tariffs were initially revised in August 2022, which was the first revision since November 2014. However, in February 2023 tariffs were revised again. For households using less than 60 units, the initial tariffs ...

    • Changes in Allocations to Ministries 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-10-13)
      In the Appropriation Bill for 2024, key ministries such as Finance, Defense, Health, Education, Transport, and Highways witness an increase in their allocations. The Ministry of Finance experienced the largest year on ...

    • Changes in Tax Structure Leads to Shrinking Tax Base across Various Taxes 

      Raj Prabu, Rajakulendran (Verité Research, 2022-08-06)
      Sri Lanka experienced a significant change in its tax system for the year 2020. These changes have led to a considerable shrinking in Sri Lanka’s tax base across various taxes. A narrow tax base increases tax administration ...

    • Charting a Path for Debt Sustainability in Sri Lanka 

      Working Paper;October 2021 - 01
      Anushan, Kapilan; Nishan, de Mel; Deshal, de Mel       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-10)
      The published information on debt underestimates Sri Lanka’s overall external public debt burden and its distribution amongst external lenders. This problem arises because Sri Lanka’s reporting of external debt is limited ...

    • China Endorses Sri Lanka Debt Plan 

      Econ Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-09)
      China has given its approval to Sri Lanka's plan to restructure its international debt, clearing the path for a loan via the IMF's Extended Fund Facility (EFF).

    • Cigarette Tax Indexation in Budget 2019 

      de Mel, Nishan; Guruge, Aneesha (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 ...

    • CIPE06 Budget Promises: 2021 End Year Assessment Infographics 

      Econ Team (2022)
      For the end year assessment of the 2021 budget, 37 RTI requests were filed to 28 implementing government agencies for information on Expenditure Proposals and Verité filed 12 RTI requests with 9 implementing government ...

    • Civil Society Governance Diagnostic Report on Sri Lanka: An Assessment of the Anti-Corruption Landscape of Sri Lanka 

      Parakrama, Arjuna (Colombo: Transparency International Sri Lanka, 2023)
      This Civil Society Governance Diagnostic Report on the Anti-Corruption Landscape of Sri Lanka (Report), prepared on the basis of extensive local consultation over a two-month period with a range of community and sectoral ...

    • Composition of Sri Lanka's Gross Official Reserves 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-04-05)
      The reported gross official reserves as of February 2022 stood at USD 2,311 MN, out of which 98% (USD 2,242 MN) consisted of short-term swaps maturing within 12 months. Whilst the quantity of reserves is important it is ...

    • The Cost of a Kevili Table in 2023 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-04-14)
      During Avurudu 2023, the cost of preparing a Kevili table rose by 2.4 times since 2019. The ingredients used were taken from popular YouTube Channel Appe Amma.

    • The Cost of Inflation: Sustaining 2015 Consumption in 2023 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-14)
      Sri Lanka's is set to experience a 160% increase in nominal GDP from the 2015 levels of LKR 11.6 trillion as projected nominal GDP for 2023 estimated at LKR 30.3 trillion. However, while the real GDP in 2023 remains ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • The Debt Digest - March 2023 

      de Mel, Nishan; Peiris, Udara (Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-03-16)
      The Debt Digest by Verité Research provides analytical commentary on the latest developments in Sri Lanka’s debt crisis. A key milestone in Sri Lanka’s path to recovery was the staff-level agreement with the IMF in September ...

    • Defence Sector Claims Nearly Half of State Salaries 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-06-02)
      According to the 2023 Budget Estimates, 15% of total recurrent expenditure of the government will be spent on salaries for government employees for the year 2023. As of 2023, the defence sector is estimated to claim nearly ...

    • The Desirability of Domestic Debt Restructuring 

      Background Note;No. 03
      Peiris, Udara       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-10)
      Sri Lanka faces a challenge to emerge from the continuing economic crisis of unsustainable public debt. This paper sets out four important reasons to undertake an early domestic debt restructuring (DDR), by way of reprofiling ...

    • Desk Research on Alcohol Taxation in Sri Lanka 

      Yasmin, Raji; Thashiya, Nauki; Nishan, de Mel (Verité Research, 2022-05)
      This research report is the end product of a desk-based study on alcohol manufacturers in Sri Lanka, their market share, nature of alcohol taxation and policies and the benefits of such alcohol taxation in the country.

    • Disaster Management in Sri Lanka: A Case Study of Administrative Failures 

      Basnayake, Ashani; Jayasinghe, Lahiri; Nauki, Thashiya; Weerathunga, Sureni (Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-06)
      This briefing note documents the findings of an investigation carried out by Verité Research on the administrative gaps within Sri Lanka’s disaster management framework. The investigation was conducted using the instrument ...