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Strengthening Parliament Critical for Credible Budgets
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-12)Sri Lanka’s budgets show considerable variation between publicly declared budget allocations and actual expenditure on line items. This gap can create a credibility problem. There is a specific section in Sri Lankan laws ... -
විශ්වාසනීයත්වයෙන් යුතු අයවැයක් සඳහා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ විචාරාත්මක මැදිහත්වීම ශක්තිමත් කිරීම
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What caused Europe to ban the import of fish from Sri Lanka?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-02)In January 2015, the European Commission banned the import of Sri Lankan fisheries products for violating guidelines on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing. This Insight suggests that the ban was triggered by the ... -
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ මත්ස්ය අපනයනය යුරෝපයේ තහනමට ලක් වුයේ ඇයි? = What caused Europe to ban the import of fish from Sri Lanka?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-03)In January 2015, the European Commission banned the import of Sri Lankan fisheries products for violating guidelines on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing. This Insight suggests that the ban was triggered by the ... -
Is the Right to Information Good for Business?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-03)Prior to the enactment of the RTI Act in Sri Lanka in 2016, a debate had arisen on whether enacting a right to information (RTI) law could impede businesses. The main concern was that competitors could use the RTI process ... -
Economics of the broken window is applicable to corruption
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-03-04)The Sirisena presidency and the UNP that championed it have been endorsed by the ballot with the hope that they will take action against the rampant corruption that was felt to be hurting the public welfare under the ... -
Good Governance is Not Just for Politicians: Case for cigarette taxation=යහපාලනය දේශපාලකයන් සඳහා පමණක් නොවෙයි; දුම්වැටි බදුකරණයට නතු කිරීම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-04-22)The Excise taxes on products such as cigarettes and alcohol are a significant source of government revenue. Understanding how these taxes should be adjusted in keeping with price increases and being diligent in implementing ... -
Export Competitiveness: Moving from USA towards Asia
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-05-06)Over 50 percent of Sri Lanka’s exports go to the USA and the West. While Sri Lanka’s total exports remain tilted towards the USA and the West, growth is tilting to the East, and more towards Asia. The consequence of the ... -
Sri Lanka’s Tourism: Competing with the region
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-05-20)This Insight looks at a different dimension of the problem of growing tourism in Sri Lanka using the World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) to derive the analysis. This global index assesses ... -
Parliament and Cabinet Needs Reliable Economic Analysis
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-06-10)A regular feature of Sri Lanka’s public debates and writing on economic issues is that they are infused with factual inaccuracies or claims that are quite misleading. This reflects poor political and public understanding ... -
Economic Reforms Cannot Ignore Sri Lanka’s Farmers
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-06-24)Historically and culturally Sri Lankan society idealises its farmer. Advertisements even for the recent 2015 presidential elections were replete with images of farms and farming communities. But economic policies and reforms ... -
Central Bank’s 30 year Bond Debacle: What is the “Loss”?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-07)In February 2015 the Central Bank of Sri Lanka called an auction for one billion rupees on a 30 year bond. It then accepted 10 fold – 10 billion rupees – after the bids were in. This Insight identifies three errors in the ... -
Exports to India – Putting the free back into the FTA
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-07)Sri Lanka’s history with bi-lateral trade agreements demonstrates the need for more careful negotiation. This Insight explains how the tariff benefits of the India Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISFTA) have been outweighed ... -
මහ බැංකුවේ තිස් අවුරුදු බැඳුම්කර ඛේදවාචකය: ‘අහිමි වූයේ‘ කුමක් ද? = Central Bank’s 30 year Bond Debacle: What is the “Loss”?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-07)In February 2015 the Central Bank of Sri Lanka called an auction for one billion rupees on a 30 year bond. It then accepted 10 fold – 10 billion rupees – after the bids were in. This Insight identifies three errors in the ... -
Fixing NTBs between India and Sri Lanka
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-08)The Insight examines the issue of non-tarrif barriers (NTBs) faced by exporters of processed foods from Sri Lanka to India, in the context of ensuring compliance with standards and regulations. It concludes with proposing ... -
The Exporting Problem of SMEs: Finance is one solution
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-09)Since the turn of the century, not only have Sri Lankan exports declined as a share of its GDP, but also in terms of its global share. Sri Lanka had a larger global share of exports at Independence, than at present. There ... -
Reviving Exports: The Relevance of Export Finance=අපනයන ප්රවර්ධනය සදහා අපනයන මූල්යකරණ පහසුකම්වල ඇති වැදගත්කම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-09)This Insight analyses the importance of export finance as a tool to facilitate and promote exports in Sri Lanka. It identifies the bottlenecks that prevent effective use of export finance in the country and provides ... -
Sri Lanka Losing Ground in Investment and Trade Freedoms
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-09-29)This Insight shows two worrying trends in the Trade and Investment Freedoms of Sri Lanka, using the 2015 Index of Global Economic Freedom to derive the analysis. First is that although the country’s Investment and Trade ... -
The Budget Is Not Mainly About Money, It’s About Governance
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-10)Budgeting is a governance process that drives national plans, priorities and policy. While much of that is reflected in the content of the budget, important governance aspects are also reflected in the budgeting process. ... -
Sri Lanka’s Competitiveness is Stagnating: Efficiency is the issue
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-10-13)The 2015 Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) of the World Economic Forum shows that Sri Lanka is ranked 68 out of 140 countries. Compared to last year, Sri Lanka has improved its ranking by five places. This article provides ...