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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
විශ්වාසනීයත්වයෙන් යුතු අයවැයක් සඳහා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ විචාරාත්මක මැදිහත්වීම ශක්තිමත් කිරීම
(කොළඹ: වෙරිටේ, 2015-01)
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 ...
More of the Same: Budget 2016 increases protection and dependence on trade taxes
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-12-08)
Sri Lanka was amongst the early movers in trade and economic liberalisation in South Asia. However, this initiative was somewhat backtracked upon in the past 10 years. This insight points out that, despite the claims, the ...
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 ...
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 ...