https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/123456789/333 2026-04-21T11:19:31Z 2026-04-21T11:19:31Z Arangala, Mathisha Hansaka, Sasitha https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/8182 2026-04-20T21:33:31Z 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z

Apparel Exports from Sri Lanka to the EU : A Product Level Analysis of the Impact of GSP+ Arangala, Mathisha; Hansaka, Sasitha Concerns about Sri Lanka losing GSP+ concessions resurfaced with the EU parliament passing a resolution on June 10th, 2021, calling the EU Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to use GSP+ as leverage to push for the repeal or replacement of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). For Sri Lanka, a major area of concern is the impact of the above on apparel exports to the EU, a key beneficiary of the concessions. Apparel contributes the most to Sri Lanka’s export revenue, accounting for 40-45% of the country’s total exports and the EU is the second largest market for Sri Lankan apparel after the USA, making up 42% of Sri Lanka’s total apparel exports between 2015-2019. This working paper thus aims to evaluate the impact of GSP plus at a product level, based on the level of utilization of the concessions. It reviews the disaggregated impact of losing GSP+ concessions on individual products at the HS 6-digit level. It does so by assessing the reliance on GSP+ of the top 20 apparel products exported to the EU. These products account for 74% of the value of total apparel exports from Sri Lanka to the EU. 15p.

2022-09-01T00:00:00Z de Mel, Nishan Rajakulendran, Raj https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/8181 2026-04-20T21:32:14Z 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z

A Novel Governance - Linked Bond : As a Pareto Improving Instrument for Debt Restructuring de Mel, Nishan; Rajakulendran, Raj This working paper outlines the technical and incentive dynamics for a proposed new sovereign debt instrument designed for countries with high country risk premiums, where this risk is, ceteris paribus, correlated with the quality of present and future governance. We call this instrument a Governance-Linked Sovereign Bond (GLSB). The paper introduces the design of a GLSB and the formulaic method for deploying such an instrument in situations where country risk premiums might be correlated with governance-related actions. A specific illustrative model is used to demonstrate the practical applications of this debt instrument. 27p.

2024-06-01T00:00:00Z Economics Team, Verité Research https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/8176 2026-04-15T21:30:46Z 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

FCTC Evaluation : Sri Lanka’s Compliance with Article 6 - Price and Tax Measures to Reduce the Demand for Tobacco Economics Team, Verité Research This briefing note evaluates Sri Lanka’s compliance with Article 6 of the FCTC through its existing policies on tobacco control. Section 2 of the briefing note provides an overview to Article 6 of the FCTC and its recommendations. It also describes the methodology employed to evaluate Sri Lanka’s compliance with the recommendations. Section 3 evaluates each recommendation by category to assess its impact on better tax and price outcomes as well as Sri Lanka’s current compliance for both cigarettes and other tobacco products (OTPs). In Section 4, the findings are analysed at the category, product and recommendation levels. Section 5 concludes with several interventions to improve compliance with FCTC Article 6. 42p.

2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Verité Research https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/8171 2026-04-15T21:32:09Z 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z

Improving National Budget Practices : Solutions for a Professional Government Verité Research Verité Research conducted a forum on ” Improving National Budget Practices: Solutions for a Professional Government” on the 27th of February 2020 at Hilton Colombo. At this forum it discussed how the government can improve its budget process through better formulation, implementation and controls which will lead to effective and efficient management of public finance. 61p.

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