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Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 01 2022
(Verité Research, 2022-01)
Syndicated Surveys by Verité Research which gauge public sentiment on Sri Lankans' various social and political viewpoints. The data is collected through a telephone interview and a nationwide randomised sample of around ...
Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 05 2023
(Verité Research, 2023-06)
Syndicated Surveys by Verité Research which gauge public sentiment on Sri Lankans' various social and political viewpoints. The data is collected through a telephone interview and a nationwide randomised sample of around ...
Is Maldives going down Sri Lanka's path?: Concern on Budget Deficits
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-16)
Besides 2017 and 2018, Sri Lanka’s annual Primary Balance has consistently been a deficit with 2021 reporting the largest deficit of 6 percent. Maldives follows a consecutive negative trend in their Primary Balance with ...
The Cost of Inflation: Sustaining 2015 Consumption in 2023
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-14)
Sri Lanka's is set to experience a 160% increase in nominal GDP from the 2015 levels of LKR 11.6 trillion as projected nominal GDP for 2023 estimated at LKR 30.3 trillion. However, while the real GDP in 2023 remains ...
IMF tracker: Infographics May 2023
(Verite Research, 2023-06-19)
The purpose of this analysis is to ensure that VR’s IMF Tracker can be used more effectively to raise public awareness about monitoring of public finance, and to increase its use by CSOs to monitor progress. The analysis ...
Tax revenue misses IMF target in 1st quarter!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-04)
According to the 2022 Annual Report from the Ministry of Finance, tax revenue for the first quarter of 2023 experienced a surge of 56%, amounting to LKR 578 billion. This was a increase from the LKR 370 billion collected ...
Interim Budget or Secret Budget?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-03)
24 expenditure proposals and 5 regulatory proposals were tracked in this assessment. Expenditure proposals refer to those proposals that involve capital expenditure by the government distributed across ministries etc. ...
The EPF is the Single Largest Holder of Government Treasury Bonds
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-07-16)
On June 28, 2023, the Sri Lankan government unveiled its Domestic Debt Restructuring plan. A key component of this plan is the restructuring of bond holdings associated with superannuation funds, which are funds set up for ...
Change in Tariffs on Monthly Electricity Consumption
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-02-23)
Electricity tariffs were initially revised in August 2022, which was the first revision since November 2014. However, in February 2023 tariffs were revised again. For households using less than 60 units, the initial tariffs ...
Sri Lanka Met 38 IMF Commitments and Failed 8 by end-August
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-09-15)
Sri Lanka verifiably met 38 of the 57 trackable commitments that were due for completion by end-August in its 17th programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).