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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 ...
Education Inequality and Affirmative Action: Towards a Better Estimation (Working Paper)
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2013-09)
The education sector had witnessed an overall decline in terms of budgetary allocations, and was also subject to inequality in distribution of educational opportunities within the country. Education inequality has implications ...
A Technical Case for Affordability-Based Pricing of Cigarettes
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-09)
By 2014, tax revenue from cigarettes accounted for over 4.9% of total government revenue. However, thus far, Sri Lanka’s tax adjustments have been ad hoc, and driven by political and bureaucratic discretion rather than a ...
Power Cuts in Sri Lanka 2012: A Critical Review
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2012-08)
This report analyses the explanations provided by the government in announcements regarding scheduled power cuts in 2012. The standard explanations for power cuts were: (i) Unexpectedly high growth in demand; (ii) Shortage ...
Special Report – Budget 2012
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2011-12-30)
The report summarises Sri Lanka’s macroeconomic environment, analysing the 2012 budget and providing a comparative study of government expenditure. It finds that the focus of government expenditure has shifted from funding ...
Sri Lanka Budget 2013: Increasing Assistance, and Vulnerability
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2012-12)
This report presents an analysis of the contradictory nature of the Budget 2013 through increased assistance to the poor, while at the same time increasing their vulnerability.
The analysis of Budget 2013, rather than ...