Browsing by Subject "Econ insight"

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    • Central Bank’s 30 year Bond Debacle: What is the “Loss”? 

      VR Insights;Vol. 3, No. 13
      de Mel, Nishan       (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 ...

    • Fixing NTBs between India and Sri Lanka 

      VR Insights;Vol. 3, No. 15
      Nathaniel, Vidya; Munas, Hasna       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-08)
      The Insight examines the issue of non-tarrif barriers (NTBs) faced by exporters of processed foods from Sri Lanka to India, in the context of ensuring compliance with standards and regulations. It concludes with proposing ...

    • Fixing Sri Lanka’s Revenue Problem is a Priority 

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      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-02-10)
      Taxes are the key source of government revenue. Normally, tax share as a percentage of GDP is expected to increase as per capita GDP rises. This Insight shows that in Sri Lanka, this is not the case; the country’s per ...

    • Making Public Data Public: Sri Lanka Misses its Own Targets While India Races Ahead 

      Verité Insights;Vol. 09, No. 04
      Razick, Salma; Munas, Hasna; de Mel, Nishan       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-07)
      The Department of Census and Statistics aims to be the ‘leader in the region’ in producing and providing timely statistical information. However, this insight shows, it has failed in providing public access to data in three ...

    • Power Cuts in Sri Lanka 2012: A Critical Review 

      Research Bulletin; Vol. 02, No. 03
      de Mel, Nishan; Nathaniel, Vidya       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2012-08)
      This report analyses the explanations provided by the government in announcements regarding scheduled power cuts in 2012. The standard explanations for power cuts were: (i) Unexpectedly high growth in demand; (ii) Shortage ...

    • 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 ...

    • The Sri Lankan economy needs a better bureaucracy, not just a better Cabinet of Ministers 

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      Munas, Hasna       (2017-05)
      There are several causes to the problems facing Sri Lanka’s economy. The problem of bureaucratic inefficiency is exemplified by this case study: finding information about trade regulations is a significant barrier to ...

    • Sri Lanka’s international borrowing costs are not declining 

      VR Insights;Vol. 2, No. 19
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-11)
      The government first raised international debt through bonds in October 2007. Since then several international bonds have been issued to feed the government’s twin demands: financing its spending and propping up foreign ...

    • Sri Lanka’s tea industry – too long in adolescence, it’s time to grow up 

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      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-02-26)
      Tea sector wage negotiations periodically go into deadlock. There are political reasons for this situation, but also an overarching economic one: global tea prices have declined – as it periodically happens – and the ...

    • The Tea Industry: A New Sustainability Approach 

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      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2013-06-09)
      What do unions do? In a landmark title by this name (1984), Harvard University economists Richard Freeman and James Medoff demonstrated that labour unions have two faces. One is confrontational and the other is cooperative. ...

    • Trade in Services: Unearthing the devil in the details 

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      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-04-06)
      In 2016, Sri Lanka began its first round of negotiations on an Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ECTA) with India. This envisages liberalising trade in services. The lack of information on what was being ...

    • What caused Europe to ban the import of fish from Sri Lanka? 

      VR Insights;Vol. 3, No. 1
      Gunatilleke, Gehan; Nathaniel, Vidya; Mohammed, Rehana       (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 ...

    • A Win-Win Solution for Management and Workers in the Tea industry 

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      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2013-03)
      Pareto Efficiency is an important concept in economics. It occurs when all win-win opportunities have been fully pursued. In societies as well as in organisations there are numerous opportunities to make changes that leave ...