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Wanted: An Authentic Minister of Finance - Sri Lanka Has Not Had One, For Three And A Half Decades
This article was compiled by Professor Mick Moore. Professor Mick Moore is a political economist and Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. He is a non-resident academic fellow at Verité Research and member of Verité’s Sri Lanka Economic Policy Group. Professor Mick’s broad research interests are in the domestic and international dimensions of good and bad governance in developing countries.
Featured Insight
Wanted: An Authentic Minister of Finance - Sri Lanka Has Not Had One, For Three And A Half Decades
This article was compiled by Professor Mick Moore. Professor Mick Moore is a political economist and Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. He is a non-resident academic fellow at Verité Research and member of Verité’s Sri Lanka Economic Policy Group. Professor Mick’s broad research interests are in the domestic and international dimensions of good and bad governance in developing countries.
Featured Insight
Wanted: An Authentic Minister of Finance - Sri Lanka Has Not Had One, For Three And A Half Decades
This article was compiled by Professor Mick Moore. Professor Mick Moore is a political economist and Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. He is a non-resident academic fellow at Verité Research and member of Verité’s Sri Lanka Economic Policy Group. Professor Mick’s broad research interests are in the domestic and international dimensions of good and bad governance in developing countries.
Featured Insight
Wanted: An Authentic Minister of Finance - Sri Lanka Has Not Had One, For Three And A Half Decades
This article was compiled by Professor Mick Moore. Professor Mick Moore is a political economist and Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. He is a non-resident academic fellow at Verité Research and member of Verité’s Sri Lanka Economic Policy Group. Professor Mick’s broad research interests are in the domestic and international dimensions of good and bad governance in developing countries.
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Detailed analysis of the 2023 Budget
Where's the promised land?
Land access has been identified as a crucial barrier which inhibits foreign direct investment (FDI) in Sri Lanka. Investment zones, primarily Export Processing Zones (EPZs), are significantly influential in attracting FDI however, Sri Lanka&...
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Verité Research says progress unknown of 2023 Budg...
Verité Research on Wednesday revealed that Budget 2023 proposals to the value of Rs. 43.8 billion or 89% of the funds allocated, the Government was not able to provide information on progress.
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Daily News
Economy witnessed gradual revival in 2023 – CBSL
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka reported a gradual economic revival in 2023, following the country's most severe post-Independence downturn. Th...
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Sunday Times
Treasury orders ministries to further reduce budge...
The Finance Ministry has issued a fresh circular, directing ministries to further slash their budgets by six percent... https://www.sundaytimes.lk/230122/news/tre...
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Insight on Budget 2023
Where's the promised land?
Land access has been identified as a cruc...
Does Sri Lanka Need More Rules or Better...
The government of Sri Lanka proposed introducing a new law to establish stronger rules on public...
Expenditure Proposals from the 2023 Budg...
The following infographics present some of the key expenditure proposals presented in the 2023 Bu...
Sectoral Allocations for the 2023 Budget
Sectoral allocations from the 2023 Budget, ranging from defence to water and sanitation
Expected GDP Outcomes - Budget 2023
Sri Lanka Budget 2023 expects a 27% year over year increase in nominal GDP, with an increase of L...
Summary of the Budget 2023
Sri Lanka Budget 2023 anticipates higher revenue, expenditure and a 6.6% reduction in the budget...
Sri Lanka's Fiscal for Targets for 2023
Sri Lanka Budget 2023: Government revenue is expected to be 11.3% of GDP in 2023, according to pr...
Highlights from the Appropriation Bill f...
The Appropriation Bill for 2023 was presented to Parliament on the 1...
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Change in Tariffs on Monthly Electricity Consumpti...
Electricity tariffs were initially revised in August 2022, which was the first revision since November 2014. However, in February 2023 tariffs were revised again (see table below).
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Only 11 out of 52 SOEs have Published Financial Da...
Out of the 52 Key State-Owned Enterprises identified by the Ministry of Finance, only 11 have released their financial reports until the year 2022 as of June 30th, 2023. This progress does not align with Sri Lanka’s commitment to the I...
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The Best Next Step for Improving Tax Collection
This article was compiled by Sumini Siyambalapitiya. Sumini Siyambalapitiya is a former Lead Analyst in the Economics team of Verité Research and se...
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