Browsing Research Reports by Author "Abeysinghe, Subhashini"
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Budget Allocation Criteria Study
UNICEF Sri Lanka Working Paper;June 2023
Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Senanayake, Charini; Haniffa, Hafsa; Ansar, Siyama (Colombo: United Nations Children's Fund, 2023-06-21)The Budget Allocation Criteria report aims to enhance the understanding of the criteria that determine the allocation of funds from the national budget to selected sectors and provinces in Sri Lanka. The report provides ... -
Costs of Doing a Job For Urban Women In Sri Lanka
Abeysinghe, Subhashini; de Mel, Nishan; Siyambalapitiya, Sumini; Perera, Mihindu (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-05)This report addressed a knowledge gap by conducting quantitative surveys and FGDs to estimate monetary & non-monetary “costs of doing a job” for women in Sri Lanka, to understand if it is cost prohibitive to engage in work ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Logistics and Services in the Sri Lankan Economy
Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Abeyratne, Sirimal (Manila : Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-10)Authors examine the growth, performance, and policy issues of the Sri Lankan service and logistics sectors. The government has clear priorities for these sectors, building on the country’s locational advantage. The policy ... -
Navigating Sri Lanka's Debt: Better reporting can help – a case study on China debt = ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ණය කළමනාකරණයට නිවැරදි වාර්තාකරණයේ වැදගත්කම – චීන ණය පිළිබඳ සිද්ධි අධ්යයනයක්
Briefing Note;February 2021
de Mel, Nishan; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha (Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-02)The published information on debt underestimates Sri Lanka’s overall external public debt burden and its distribution amongst external lenders. This problem arises because Sri Lanka’s reporting of external debt is limited ... -
Sri Lanka's Domestic Barriers to Trade: Case Studies of Agricultural Exports
Munas, Hasna; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Wickramage, Dinoo (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 ... -
Sri Lanka-China FTA: Challenges and Opportunities - Insights from Analysing China’s Existing FTAs
TMA special report 2018
Arangala, Mathisha Lovindu; Abeysinghe, Subhashini (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 ... -
Sri Lanka: Domestic Workers and Employers Survey
Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Report; No. 2
Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Kumarage, Aloka (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-03)VR conducted a survey among domestic workers and employers of domestic workers in Sri Lanka during the period of March to June 2014 and analysed the findings in terms of domestic workers' working standards, wages and ... -
Sri Lanka: International Trade - Performance and Prognosis
TMA Special Report; Vol. 2, No. 1
Abeysinghe, Subhashini (Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-07)This brief provides a detailed analysis of Sri Lanka's trade performance during 2013 and the first quarter of 2014. The review highlights the external and internal drivers that shaped Sri Lanka's external trade developments. ... -
Sri Lanka: International Trade - Performance and Prognosis
TMA Special Report;Vol. 1. No. 1
Abeysinghe, Subhashini (Colombo: Verité Research, 2013-11)This brief analyses Sri Lanka's international trade with special reference to its trade deficit, apparel sector and tea exports. It also analyses and evaluates the policies and structural issues Sri Lanka's trade faces. -
Sri Lanka’s Export Problem: Not Concentration, But Composition
Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Munas, Hasna (Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-08)Sri Lanka's exports are heavily concentrated in a few markets and a few products. The government's recognition of export diversification as an important policy strategy to revive exports indicates that both market and ... -
W(h)ither environmental governance? - Limited access to information undermines meaningful public participation in development projects (Research Brief)
Research Brief;
Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha; Jayasinghe, Uween (Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-06)There is a surge in public agitation against environmental destruction caused by ongoing development projects in Sri Lanka. The surfacing of environmental issues after construction has commenced is highly problematic for ...