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Sri Lanka met 25% of IMF commitments and failed 1 by March
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-04-21)
Sri Lanka had met 25% of the trackable programme commitments of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme as at the end of March 2023 but had failed on one. Many of the commitments met were classified as “prior ...
Sri Lanka's Government Revenue in 2021 Covered Only 41% of Expenditure
(Verité Research, 2022-09-07)
Government revenue in 2021 was only 41% of its expenditure, which was inadequate to cover even its recurrent expenditure. It falls short of the two largest recurrent expenditure components cumulatively - salaries & wages, ...
International Women's Day
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-08)
In Sri Lanka women are half as likely to enter the labour market, and twice as likely to be unemployed than men. 82% of the unemployment for women comes from between the ages of 20 and 40. This is almost seven times the ...
Will the Increase in Cigarette Taxes Meet Budgeted Revenue?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-01-05)
This infographic outlines the fact that, though there was an increase in excise taxes on tobacco at the start of January in 2023, this will still not help Sri Lanka reach its revenue target for the year.
How Committed was the Sri Lankan Government to Implementing its Crisis-Response Policies
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-17)
This set of infographics depict the government's response to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. 15 cabinet decisions and parliamentary proposals were tracked that focused on health, agriculture and fuel. Of the total, ...
Sri Lanka met 35 IMF commitments and failed 7 by end-July
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-22)
The share of Sri Lanka’s 100 trackable commitments in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme for which no data has been made available to assess progress — despite passing the agreed deadline — has increased from ...
Flow of External Loans to Sri Lanka
(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 ...
Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 05 2023 - IMF Programme
(Verité Research, 2023-06)
Syndicated Surveys by Verité Research which gauge public sentiment on Sri Lankans' various social and political viewpoints. The data is collected through a telephone interview and a nationwide randomised sample of around ...
Expenditure on the Education Sector : Regional Comparison
(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. ...
Northern Provincial Council: Citizens Budget 2022
(Colombo: UNICEF, 2022)
The citizens' budget was essentially a simpler, shorter, and less technical version of the government's budget that was specifically designed after crucial consultation with the public and civil society to present key ...