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Analysis of Sri Lanka's improved position in the 'Doing Business Index' 2012

Econ Team (Colombo: Verité Research, 2011-11-01)

The World Bank’s ‘Doing Business Index’ measures the ease with which domestic small and medium sized enterprises can do business in their home countries. Between 2011 and 2012, Sri Lanka’s rank in the Doing Business Index ...

Special Report – Budget 2012

de Mel, Nishan (Colombo: Verité Research, 2011-12-30)

The report summarises Sri Lanka’s macroeconomic environment, analysing the 2012 budget and providing a comparative study of government expenditure. It finds that the focus of government expenditure has shifted from funding ...

Employees Provident Fund (EPF): Special Report

Econ Team (Colombo: Verité Research, 2012-03-28)

This brief discusses the performance of the Employees' Provident Fund's (EPF) equity investments in the period 2009–2010 in comparison to risk-free government securities, the All Share Price Index (ASPI) and equity ...

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 ...

Sri Lanka Budget 2013: Increasing Assistance, and Vulnerability

Economic series; December 2012
de Mel, Nishan; Ratnayake, Jayani; Nathaniel, Vidya (Colombo: Verité Research, 2012-12)

This report presents an analysis of the contradictory nature of the Budget 2013 through increased assistance to the poor, while at the same time increasing their vulnerability. The analysis of Budget 2013, rather than ...

Education Inequality and Affirmative Action: Towards a Better Estimation (Working Paper)

de Mel, Nishan; Kumarage, Aloka (Colombo: Verité Research, 2013-09)

The education sector had witnessed an overall decline in terms of budgetary allocations, and was also subject to inequality in distribution of educational opportunities within the country. Education inequality has implications ...

Sri Lanka: International Trade - Performance and Prognosis

TMA Special Report;Vol. 1. No. 1
Abeysinghe, Subhashini (Colombo: Verité Research, 2013-11)

This brief analyses Sri Lanka's international trade with special reference to its trade deficit, apparel sector and tea exports. It also analyses and evaluates the policies and structural issues Sri Lanka's trade faces.

Sri Lanka: International Trade - Performance and Prognosis

TMA Special Report; Vol. 2, No. 1
Abeysinghe, Subhashini (Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-07)

This brief provides a detailed analysis of Sri Lanka's trade performance during 2013 and the first quarter of 2014. The review highlights the external and internal drivers that shaped Sri Lanka's external trade developments. ...

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 ...

Sri Lanka: Domestic Workers and Employers Survey

Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Report; No. 2
Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Kumarage, Aloka (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-03)

VR conducted a survey among domestic workers and employers of domestic workers in Sri Lanka during the period of March to June 2014 and analysed the findings in terms of domestic workers' working standards, wages and ...

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, ...

Improving Trade with India: Mutual Recognition in Conformity Assessment

Nathaniel, Vidya; Munas, Hasna (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-10)

In the context of growing bilateral relations with India, this study by Verité Research examines the current status of Sri Lankan exports to India under the existing India–Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISFTA). The study ...

E-Government Procurement: Enabling Business through Efficient Systems = ඉ-රාජ්‍ය ප‍්‍රසම්පාදනය: කාර්යක්‍ෂම පද්ධතීන් හරහා ව්‍යාපාර බලාත්මක කිරීම

Mohammed, Rehana (Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-01)

Public procurement is a key instrument through which governments deliver important social and economic goods to citizens. Public procurement in Sri Lanka currently suffers from three main weaknesses. First, information ...

ඉලෙක්ට්‍රොනික අත්සන් සහිත ඉලෙක්ට්‍රොනික ලේඛන පිළිගැනීම: රජයක් තබනා කෙටි පියවරක්, රටක් පනිනා යෝධ පිම්මක් = Accepting e-documents with e-signatures: A small step for government, a giant leap for the country

Perera, Buddhika; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Sabrina, Esufally; Kapilan, Anushan (Colombo: Verite Research, 2017-02)

The room for exporters to improve their competitiveness by reducing time to export is significantly constrained by the procedures and processing time imposed by Sri Lankan border agencies. Sri Lanka can improve the ...