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    • ETCA With India: Time to Shift Focus From Market Integration to Supply Chain Integration 

      Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha (Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-04-27)
      This article looks at; 1) what are global supply chains and why do they matter; 2) how new trade deals are focusing more on supply chain resilience than market access; 3) how current trade deals with India are focused on ...

    • EU (revision of) Minimum Residue Level: Potential Effects on Exporting MSMEs 

      Verité Research (Geneva: CUTS International, 2018-05)
      The note illustrates the views of, and challenges faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as well as monitoring organisations on the requirements of the Maximum Residue Level (MRL), for pesticide use, that exporters ...

    • Exceptionalism of Domestic Debt Restructuring in Sri Lanka 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-08)
      Sri Lanka's approach to Domestic Debt Restructuring (DDR) stands out in its specificity and methodology. Notably, the strategy is centred on restructuring superannuation funds and Central Bank Holdings. According to an IMF ...

    • Expanding Exports: Relevance of Export Finance 

      Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Fernando, Nilangika; Gnanasampanthen, Revathy; Hussain, Zeena (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-09)
      This study examines the status of the export finance market in Sri Lanka and identifies the key limitations that prevent export finance from playing a proactive role in promoting exports. It reveals that the access, ...

    • Expected GDP Outcomes - Budget 2023 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-11-15)
      Sri Lanka Budget 2023 expects a 27% year over year increase in nominal GDP, with an increase of LKR 6,519 Bn. from the revised 2022 estimates.

    • Expected GDP Outcomes: Budget 2024 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-11-13)
      The 2024 budget forecasts a greater contraction in 2023 and higher growth in 2024 compared to IMF projections.

    • Expenditure on the Education Sector : Regional Comparison 

      Econ Team (2022-01-24)
      The UN has dedicated the 24th of January as the International Day of Education in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. Sri Lankas’ Education Expenditure has been lagging behind regional peers. ...

    • Expenditure Proposals from the 2023 Budget 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-11-15)
      The infographics contain some of the key expenditure proposals presented in the 2023 Budget.

    • Expenditure Proposals: Budget 2024 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-11-13)
      The highest expenditure proposal from the 2024 Budget amounted to LKR 11,250 million for a decentralized budget programme. The list of infographics displays the highest expenditure proposals from the 2024 Budget.

    • Export Challenges Faced by S&SEA e-Commerce Providers 

      Econ Team, Verité Research (Geneva: CUTS International, 2019-07)
      This Country Update Note addresses the most pressing issues faced by e-commerce providers in exporting their products or services. The note incorporates the views of the public and private sectors, and covers general ...

    • Facilitating the Registration of Trademarks: A Step towards Creating Internationally Recognised Sri Lankan Brands 

      Ekanayake, Anoji; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Sanguhan, Yajna; Esufally, Sabrina (Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-02)
      The Madrid Protocol is a simplified global system for registering trademarks abroad. It eases trademark registration abroad for Sri Lankan businesses. Sri Lanka was looking to complete accession to the Madrid Protocol by ...

    • Facing a Second Wave of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka: Economic Cost of a Lockdown Strategy 

      Asia's Path Forward;
      de Mel, Deshal; Kapilan, Anushan       (Washington: Center for International Private Enterprise, 2020-08)
      As of August 2020, Sri Lanka is currently in the post-lockdown stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the surge in the number of infections in mid-March, the country was forced into a complete lockdown with all-day ...

    • Farmers' Pulse Survey July 2021 - Infographics 

      Econ, Team (Verité Research, 2021-08-25)
      These infographics are based on the 7 key findings of the Farmers’ Pulse survey July, 2021. In April 2021 President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced a ban on the importation of chemical fertiliser in Sri Lanka. Accordingly, ...

    • Financing Infrastructure: The (Non) Concessionality of Concessional Loans 

      de Mel, Nishan; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha (2020-06)
      Sri Lanka is highly dependent on international loans from multilateral and bilateral sources to finance infrastructure development. Multilateral and bilateral borrowing is often favoured by governments such as Sri Lanka ...

    • Financing Infrastructure: The (non) concessionality of concessional loans (Presentation) 

      de Mel, Nishan (2020-09-10)
      Multilateral and bilateral borrowing is often favoured by governments such as Sri Lanka because such financing tends to have ‘concessional’ elements, relative to the international financial markets. However, the cost ...

    • Financing of the Budget Deficit, 2010 to 2022 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (2021-11-23)
      The following infographic depicts the financing of the budget deficit from 2010 to 2022 estimates as presented in the 2022 budget.

    • Fiscal Targets: Budget 2024 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-11-13)
      Projections in Budget 2024 expect revenue to be 13.1% of GDP in 2024.

    • Flow of External Loans to Sri Lanka 

      Raj Prabu, Rajakulendran (Verité Research, 2022-09-14)
      For the past five years (2017-2021) China has been the largest bilateral lender to Sri Lanka. In 2021, China disbursed a total of USD 947 MN, out of which USD 809 MN was obtained as market borrowings from the China Development ...

    • For Sri Lanka, a Governance-Linked Bond Might Just Be the Ticket 

      de Mel, Nishan (Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-12-21)
      It is a truth universally acknowledged that if Sri Lanka under-performs on its governance corrections, it will underperform on its economic recovery also (with apologies to Jane Austen), the first provides the foundation ...

    • Foregoing Competition to Secure Funding for Public Infrastructure: One third of funding secured was non-concessional 

      Econ Team; Legal Team (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07-04)
      In 2010, Sri Lanka established a unique framework, overseen by the Standing Cabinet Appointed Review Committee (SCARC), to handle unsolicited proposals (USPs) for public infrastructure funding. These USPs inherently bypass ...