Verite Research Institutional Knowledge Repository: Recent submissions
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Nishan De Mel and Our Post-trust Society - Part 1 and 2
(20 MinuteTakes, 2022-12-07)In these podcasts, Dr. Nishan De Mel shares his insights towards building trust and integrity of the society; highlighting the responsibility of Media. -
Mood of the Nation February 2023 update: Coverage in Sirasa TV News1st
(Colombo: Sirasa TV News1st, 2023-02-20)A News1st news coverage on the ‘Mood of the Nation’ February 2023 update. 'Mood of the Nation’ is a syndicated survey conducted by Verité Research to assess the approval, satisfaction, and confidence of the nation in ... -
IMF අපේ ආණ්ඩුව විශ්වාස කරනවද? = Does the IMF Believe in Government
(Colombo: Sirasa TV, 2023-01-17)In this Sirasa Pathikada interview, Executive Director Dr. Nishan De Mel discusses about the IMF deal, weighing on the actions of the Sri Lankan Government -
Womens Day Interview with DailyMirror - 8 March 2023
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-03-08)In this interview, Senior Research analyst Sumini Siyambalapitiya talks about her research on women's economic empowerment, citing findings of the research: Costs of Doing a Job for Urban women in Sri Lanka -
Hill Country Tamils of Sri Lanka: Analysis of Legal and Policy issues affecting labour and governance structure
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02)This report examines the socio-economic background and history of the Hill Country Tamil community (HCT) with a focus on health, education, labour and their primary engagement in the tea plantation industry. Thereafter, ... -
Fair Recruitment of Migrant Workers in Sri Lanka: A Legal Gap Analysis
(Verite Research, 2022-04)This report analyses and discusses the legal and policy issues surrounding recruitment practices for foreign employment that Sri Lankan migrant workers face. For this study, the team has selected issues relevant to three ... -
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 ... -
Sri Lanka Strategic Assessment 2016
(Colombo: The Asia Foundation, 2016-03)Sri Lanka underwent a major political transition in 2015 with the election of President Maithripala Sirisena and the establishment of a new coalition government between the United Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) and one ... -
Silent Suppression: Restrictions on Religious Freedoms of Christians 1994-2014
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015)This study systematically analyses trends of restrictions faced by Christians over the past twenty years and aims to provide activists, academics, civil society, religious leaders and other relevant stakeholders key insights ... -
The President’s Pledges to Women — A review of the promises and progress made in President Sirisena’s pledge: “A New Sri Lanka for Women”
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-01)President Maithripala Sirisena pledged ‘A New Sri Lanka for Women’, during his election campaign. The pledge is an ambitious document; it comprises fifteen broad promises, by which the government seeks to alter the lives ... -
Provincial Council Elections 2014: Reading into the margins - Western and Southern Provinces
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014)Provincial Council elections were conducted in Sri Lanka’s Western and Southern provinces on 29 March 2014. This report analyses political party performance at these elections using historical, polling division, and ... -
Provincial Council Elections 2014: A Political Analysis—Central, Northern and North Western Province
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2013)Provincial Council elections were conducted in three of Sri Lanka’s nine provinces, the Central (CP), North-Western (NWP) and Northern Provinces (NP) in September 2013. These provinces, when combined together, account for ... -
Presidential Election of 2015: A reading from the Uva Province Election 2014
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015)This report provides an analysis of the 2014 Uva Provincial Council election. It includes an explanation of the importance of this Provincial Council election and also provides an analysis of the results of elections in ... -
Reforming the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-03)This briefing note, on efforts to reform the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act, No. 13 of 1951 (MMDA), is presented in three sections. The first section identifies the key stakeholders in the current reform process, mainly ... -
Electoral Reform in Sri Lanka: Mixed-Member Proportional System
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016)Presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena’s manifesto, published after his election on 8 January 2015, included a response to a long-standing demand to reform Sri Lanka’s electoral system. This paper examines the key ... -
Mapping Sri Lanka's Political Parties: Actors and Evolutions
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-11)This report examines the histories of individual political parties in Sri Lanka. Over the course of Sri Lankan history, four political parties have dominated the political landscape: the United National Party (UNP), the ... -
TAF Public Finance Manual for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
(2022)Public finance is crucial with direct impact to the general public. It has been highlighted that the public of Sri Lanka does not have a good understanding about public finance. This public finance manual has the objective ... -
Is Blocking Websites Making Sri Lankan Telecom Share Prices Vulnerable?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-07)If Sri Lankan Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are blocking news websites without due diligence, then their present and future share values are vulnerable. This Insight explains what ISPs should do to ensure minimum due ... -
TAs with India and China: Potential for Sri Lanka
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-04)Sri Lanka has various levels of trade agreements (TAs) with both India and China. A new TA with China was mooted in 2014 and the appetite for that continues in the new presidency and policy context of 2015. While statistics ... -
Improving Sri Lanka’s Business Environment: It’s not so difficult
(2014-11)In his budget speech, Finance Minister, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka “aims at gaining a ranking among the top 10 countries in Asia Pacific in the Doing Business Index (DBI).” This Insight finds constructive ...