Browsing Research Reports by Author "Arangala, Mathisha"
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Balancing India and China: A Case Study of Sri Lanka
Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha; Siriwardena, Dilushi; Meegoda, Malinda (Verité Research, 2024-12-31)Sri Lanka’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean has placed it at the center of intensifying geopolitical competition and rivalry between China and India. This report examines Sri Lanka’s experience in balancing its own ... -
Financing Infrastructure: The (Non) Concessionality of Concessional Loans
de Mel, Nishan; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha (2020-06)Sri Lanka is highly dependent on international loans from multilateral and bilateral sources to finance infrastructure development. Multilateral and bilateral borrowing is often favoured by governments such as Sri Lanka ... -
Navigating Sri Lanka's Debt: Better reporting can help – a case study on China debt = ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ණය කළමනාකරණයට නිවැරදි වාර්තාකරණයේ වැදගත්කම – චීන ණය පිළිබඳ සිද්ධි අධ්යයනයක්
Briefing Note;February 2021
de Mel, Nishan; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha (Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-02)The published information on debt underestimates Sri Lanka’s overall external public debt burden and its distribution amongst external lenders. This problem arises because Sri Lanka’s reporting of external debt is limited ... -
W(h)ither environmental governance? - Limited access to information undermines meaningful public participation in development projects (Research Brief)
Research Brief;
Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha; Jayasinghe, Uween (Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-06)There is a surge in public agitation against environmental destruction caused by ongoing development projects in Sri Lanka. The surfacing of environmental issues after construction has commenced is highly problematic for ...