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ඉලෙක්ට්රොනික අත්සන් සහිත ඉලෙක්ට්රොනික ලේඛන පිළිගැනීම: රජයක් තබනා කෙටි පියවරක්, රටක් පනිනා යෝධ පිම්මක් = Accepting e-documents with e-signatures: A small step for government, a giant leap for the country
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2017-02)
The room for exporters to improve their competitiveness by reducing time to export is significantly constrained by the procedures and processing time imposed by Sri Lankan border agencies. Sri Lanka can improve the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Accepting e-documents with e-signatures: A small step for government, a giant leap for the country
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-02)
The room for exporters to improve their competitiveness by reducing time to export is significantly constrained by the procedures and processing time imposed by Sri Lankan border agencies. Sri Lanka can improve the ...
Facilitating the Registration of Trademarks: A Step towards Creating Internationally Recognised Sri Lankan Brands
(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 ...
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 ...
Sri Lanka's Domestic Barriers to Trade: Case Studies of Agricultural Exports
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-02)
Trade barriers refer to factors beyond the exporter’s direct control that adversely affect the cost, quality, quantity, or timely delivery of products. Such barriers found at home are termed domestic barriers, while those ...