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Recent trends and developments in government expenditure on the education sector.
Sri Lanka’s government education spending is the lowest in South Asia
In 2022, Sri Lanka’s government—both provincial and central—dedicated only 1.5 percent of its GDP to education, including primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. This places Sri Lanka at the bottom of the list for educatio...
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Daily News
Financial literacy vital to save consumers from ab...
Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe stressed the critical role of financial literacy in empowering consumers to protect themselves from financial frauds and abuses, particularly in the face of growi...
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Daily Mirror
Verité Research forms Governance and Anti-Corrupti...
Verité Research has established a Governance and Anti-Corruption (GAC) research division under the leadership of Sankhitha Gunaratne. This strategic move comes against the backdrop of widespread, systemic corruption in Sri Lanka and t...
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Sri Lanka to address teachers’ salary anomalies in...
Sri Lanka’s government is not in a position to provide “instant solutions” to the issue of teachers’ salary anomalies and instead hopes to present proposals that cover the gamut of the public service in the upcoming b...
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Insight on Education
Sri Lanka’s government education expendi...
In 2022, Sri Lanka’s government&mda...
Sri Lanka’s government education spendin...
In 2022, Sri Lanka’s government&mda...
Expenditure on the Education Sector : Re...
Expenditure on the Education Sector (201...
Has the Government Fulfilled its Policy...
The National Policy Framework: Vistas...
Budget 2021: Education
The 2021 Budget Debate for the Ministry of Education is happening toda...
Has the Government Fulfilled its Budgeta...
In July, the Ministry of Education stated that approximately 1500 cons...
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Composition of Sri Lanka's Gross Official Reserves
The reported gross official reserves as of February 2022 stood at USD 2,311 MN, out of which 98% (USD 2,242 MN) consisted of short-term swaps maturing within 12 months. Whilst the quantity of reserves is important it is eq...
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The Cost of a Kevili Table in 2023
This Avurudu, the cost of preparing a Kevili table has risen by 2.4 times since 2019. The basket of items one would usually find at Kevili table vary between households. Public Finance.lk used the following: Kokis...
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Economic Policies in an Election Year: Suggested P...
Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident fellow at Verité Research. She was a former Department Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Group on multilateral engageme...
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