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Summary of the Budget 2023
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-11-15)
Sri Lanka Budget 2023 anticipates higher revenue, expenditure and a 6.6% reduction in the budget deficit.
How did the government finance its expenditures in 2021?
(Verité Research, 2022-07-06)
The infographics provides details on government expenditure and the ways in which it was financed in 2021.
Amendments to the Appropriation Bill Increases Government Expenditure for 2022
(Verité Research, 2022-08-04)
The Amendment to the Appropriation Bill for 2022 was presented to Parliament ahead of the interim budget speech. The amended bill shows a 20% increase in expenditure to LKR 4,672 billion for the year 2022 which could widen ...
Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 01 2022
(Verité Research, 2022-01)
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 ...
Costs of Doing a Job For Urban Women In Sri Lanka - Infographics 2022
(2022)
This IKR entry contains infographics done to disseminate the findings of the report "Costs of Doing a Job for Urban Women in Sri Lanka". The study found that the cost of doing a job is 1.6 times the compensation they ...
Sri Lanka’s Annual Average Sovereign Foreign Debt Repayments Amount to USD 4.4 bn from 2022 to 2027
(Verité Research, 2022-09-21)
Sri Lanka's revenue has been insufficient to cover its recurrent expenditure since 1983. The gap between recurrent expenditure and capital expenditure in the country continues to grow, proving to be difficult to reduce, ...
Highlights from the Appropriation Bill for 2023
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-11-02)
The Appropriation Bill for 2023 was presented to Parliament on the 18th of October, ahead of the budget speech in November.
The Appropriation Bill shows that there is a 26% increase in expenditure planned for 2023, while ...
CIPE06 Budget Promises: 2021 End Year Assessment Infographics
(2022)
For the end year assessment of the 2021 budget, 37 RTI requests were filed to 28 implementing government agencies for information on Expenditure Proposals and Verité filed 12 RTI requests with 9 implementing government ...
The Government Spent Only 10.6% of The Itukama COVID-19 Fund Balance
(2022-01-10)
On the 23rd of March 2020, President Gotabaya Rajapaksha initiated the “Itukama” COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund. The fund’s purpose was to “strengthen the mitigation activities aimed at controlling the spread ...
Government Deficit Has Decreased By Rs. 32 Billion from the Years 2020 to 2021
(2022-09-20)
The recently released figures for 2021 show that government revenue has fallen from 9.2% of GDP in 2020 to 8.7% of GDP in 2021. Meanwhile, government expenditure has decreased from 23.0% of GDP in 2020 to 21.0% of GDP in ...