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Solving the dilemma of export diversification
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-03-19)
Sri Lanka’s exports are flagging in two ways: first, the exports to GDP ratio is on the decline; second, Sri Lanka’s share in world exports is on the decline. The second is important in understanding the problem: it tells ...
Education and Health in Budget 2016: Grand promises don’t bode well for governance
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-11-24)
Governments make attractive promises when presenting the Budget. However, successive Budgets have shown that making promises is easier than keeping them. The extent to which the present government will be able to keep its ...
The Economy is Growing, but Where are the Jobs?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2013-06-26)
The Sri Lankan economy is reported to have grown by 6.4 percent in 2012. This was less than what was hoped, but still a robust level of growth. In 2010 and 2011 growth was an extremely healthy 8 percent and 8.2 percent. ...
Tobacco Policy: Mitigating the Influence of Vested Interests=දුම්කොළ ප්රතිපත්තිය: ඇල්මැති පාර්ශ්වයන්ගේ බලපෑම අවම කිරීම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-07)
Sri Lanka is a signatory to the International Treaty, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control since 2003. It has not yet implemented the provisions relating to protecting tobacco policy from vested interests. This Insight ...
Flawed rationale behind EPF re-entering the stock market = කොටස් වෙළඳපොලට සේවක අර්ථසාධක අරමුදල (සේ.අ.අ.) නැවත ඇතුල්වීම පිටුපස ඇති සාවද්ය තර්කය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019)
At the end of 2018, the EPF resolved to re-enter the stock market despite substantial losses and allegations of mismanagement on EPF’s equity investments in the past. The EPF provides two reasons for the decision: (i) that ...
Cigarette Taxation Formula - The Cost of Forgetting
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-05)
In 2019 the government took a step in the right direction by introducing an indexation policy where taxes on cigarettes was proposed to be adjusted in line with GDP and inflation. Previous insights show that the foregone ...
අයවැය පොරොන්දු කඩන සම්ප්රදායට අළුත් ඇමතිලා තිතක් තියයිද? = The new Ministers of Finance: Will their budget keep its promises?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-08)
An analysis of past budgets reveal large deviations between budgeted allocations and actual expenditure. This shows that expectations set by the government during the budget speech are not honoured. This Insight analyses ...
Any president can contest a third term – if 18A is valid
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-11)
This INSIGHT discusses the eligibility of twice-elected Sri Lankan presidents to contest a third term. It demonstrates that the textual arguments claiming to disqualify such presidents are mistaken: first, because an ...
De-mystifying Increase in Sri Lanka’s Debt
(Verité Research, 2022-02)
In the last 70 years, Sri Lanka has never been in a more precarious position with regard to the repayment of its debt, than at present, in December 2021. There is much that is said in the media about the increase in Sri ...
Tourism Could Not Have Solved Sri Lanka’s Foreign Exchange Crisis
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-09)
A key debate during Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is whether the current dollar shortage is a short-term liquidity problem or a more protracted and systemic issue that requires debt reduction. This insight responds to the ...