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Private Sector Participation in Sri Lanka’s Tertiary Education: A review of information and data
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2017-11)This study presents a review of the topics relevant to the debate on private sector participation in tertiary education. These include: the structure of the tertiary education sector; the legislation underlying the ... -
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 ... -
Reducing Domestic Barriers to Export Success
(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 ... -
Natural Disaster Insurance Coverage
(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 ... -
Sri Lanka-China FTA: Challenges and Opportunities - Insights from Analysing China’s Existing FTAs
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-04)Sri Lanka and China decided to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in August 2013 to further expand trade between the two countries. Technical negotiations, which officially commenced in September 2014, are still ... -
EU (revision of) Minimum Residue Level: Potential Effects on Exporting MSMEs
(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 ... -
Trading with China: Challenges and Policy Issues faced by MSMEs
(Geneva: CUTS International, 2018-07)The note illustrates the views of, and challenges faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in exporting to China, with a focus on China’s trade policy and trade standards that may have hindered exports. -
More Than Schooling : Understanding Gender Differences in the Labor Market When Measures of Skill Are Available
(World Bank Group, 2018-09-19)This paper uses measures of cognitive and noncognitive skills in an expanded definition of human capital to examine how schooling and skills differ between men and women and how those differences relate to gender gaps in ... -
Mapping of Health Services Sector and the Current National Regulations in Sri Lanka
(Geneva: CUTS International, 2018-10)The note provides an overview of the current structure and status of the health service sector in Sri Lanka (including medical and health services). It also illustrates the challenges faced by, and regulations that govern ... -
තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිය: දැනුවත් කිරීමේ තොරතුරු සංග්රහය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-10)The Right to Information Act No. 12 of 2016 was passed by the Parliament of Sri Lanka in August 2016. The Act aims to provide citizens’ with access to government information, to increase their participation in the public ... -
Mapping of Medical Services Sector: Key Figures, Structure, and the Current National Regulations
(Geneva: CUTS International, 2019-01)This note provides information on the medical services sector, along the lines of outpatient services and dental services. It also illustrates the challenges faced by, and regulations that govern the sector. -
Challenges Faced by Sri Lankan e-Commerce Providers
(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 ... -
Disaster Management in Sri Lanka: A Case Study of Administrative Failures
(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 ... -
Export Challenges Faced by S&SEA e-Commerce Providers
(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 ... -
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 ... -
S&SEA Rice Exports: Challenges in relation with the new EU MRL
(Geneva: CUTS International, 2019-10)This Country Update Note provides the views of rice exporters and government agencies in Sri Lanka on their perceptions of the issues they face in complying with EU MRL requirements. The MRL regulations effective at the ... -
Social and Household Networks in Sri Lanka: Does Networking Create a Disparity in Employment Outcomes
(Social Science Research Network, 2019-11-15)This paper estimates the impact of social and household networks on employment outcomes in Sri Lanka.The results indicate that social networks, measured by language choice and locality, improve employment outcomes by ... -
Financing Infrastructure: The (Non) Concessionality of Concessional Loans
(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 ... -
Opening up Trade Data: The Benefits to Sri Lanka
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2020-06)International trade data are the foundational basis when formulating trade policies and assessing their impacts. Trade data is vital for firms engaging in international trade to make sound business decisions. Unfortunately, ... -
Improving Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka: Insights and Strategies
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2020-06)Building on the Youth Labour Market Assessment published by Verité Research in 2018, this report focuses on a series of specific issues that represent key barriers to increasing youth employment and youth employability in ...