Browsing by Author "Fernando, Nilangika"
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Expanding Exports: Relevance of Export Finance
Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Fernando, Nilangika; Gnanasampanthen, Revathy; Hussain, Zeena (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-09)This study examines the status of the export finance market in Sri Lanka and identifies the key limitations that prevent export finance from playing a proactive role in promoting exports. It reveals that the access, ... -
The Hidden Side of Cigarette Pricing
Verité Insights;Vol. 05; No. 02
Fernando, Nilangika; Munas, Hasna (Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-07)This insight examines how analysis of past tax and price data reveals two aspects of cigarette pricing that are hidden from media reporting. First, net-of-tax price grew at a faster rate than the tax per cigarette; second, ... -
Parliament should have a formula for regulating cigarettes
VR Insights;Vol. 2, No. 11
Fernando, Nilangika (Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-06)Variations in the tobacco excise tax affects Rs. 10s of billions in government revenue. Taxation and pricing have been inconsistent. This insight explains how the lack of a consistent method allows wide discretion to ... -
Reducing Domestic Barriers to Export Success
Arangala, Mathisha Lovindu; Fernando, Nilangika (Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-04)Export promotion has been a key policy objective of successive governments of Sri Lanka. The Government aims to double the value of exports to USD 20 billion by 2020. Currently, the government is taking measures to improve ... -
Reviving Exports: The Relevance of Export Finance=අපනයන ප්රවර්ධනය සදහා අපනයන මූල්යකරණ පහසුකම්වල ඇති වැදගත්කම
VR Insights;Vol. 3, No. 16
Fernando, Nilangika; Gnanasampanthen, Revathy (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 ... -
A Technical Case for Affordability-Based Pricing of Cigarettes
Verité Research Working Paper;September 2014/01
de Mel, Nishan; Fernando, Nilangika (Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-09)By 2014, tax revenue from cigarettes accounted for over 4.9% of total government revenue. However, thus far, Sri Lanka’s tax adjustments have been ad hoc, and driven by political and bureaucratic discretion rather than a ... -
Tobacco Policy: Mitigating the Influence of Vested Interests=දුම්කොළ ප්රතිපත්තිය: ඇල්මැති පාර්ශ්වයන්ගේ බලපෑම අවම කිරීම
Insights;Vol. 5, No. 03
Fernando, Nilangika; Munas, Hasna (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 ... -
Who is Responsible for ‘Alternative Facts’ on Cigarette Taxation?
Insight;Vol.4, No. 03
Fernando, Nilangika; Munas, Hasna (2017-07)There are three false claims that have been prevalent in print media, in relation to the tax and price increases of cigarettes in the last quarter of 2016. The claims were that (i) tax revenue reduced, (ii) beedi ...