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“Sugar Scam” is not the Whole Iceberg: “Forestalling” needs a Rule-of-Law Solution
This article was compiled by Dr. Nishan de Mel. Dr. Nishan de Mel is the Executive Director of Verité Research and an economist with extensive acade...
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Daily FT
Verité Research shares structure for rational, eff...
Verité Research launched a groundbreaking initiative titled 'Blueprint for a Rational Government in Sri Lanka,...
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Island
Experimenting with State-Owned Enterprises
Sri Lanka reports a total of 527 State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), with 55 deemed strategically important. However, transparency issues arise as only 11 out of 52 SOEs have published financial data up to 2022, obscuring the full extent of their losses and employment figures. Amidst public concern o...
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Economy Next
Sri Lanka inflation rises to 6.5-pct in Jan 2024,...
Sri Lanka's inflation measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) reached 6.5% in the 12 months leading up to January 2023. This rate is above the statutory target of 5% but within the permissible 2% variation. The increase was influenced by a 2.9% rise in the index during the month,...
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Insight on Articles
Property Taxes: No Thanks but Many Thank...
This article was compiled by Professo...
Freeing the Balance Sheets of Banks: Sri...
This article was compiled by Professo...
Navigating SOE reforms in an election ye...
This article was compiled by Dr. Mala...
Worry about the total government expendi...
This a...
Proposed 13% primary expenditure rule fo...
On May 22, 2024, the government o...
Economic Policies in an Election Year: S...
Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident...
Economic Policies in an Election Year: S...
Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident...
Can We Build a World-Class City with Thi...
This article was compiled by Dr. Sanj...
Wanted: An Authentic Minister of Finance...
This article was compiled by Professo...
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Sri Lanka met 25% of IMF commitments and failed 1...
Sri Lanka had met 25% of the trackable programme commitments of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme as at the end of March 2023 but had failed on one, according to 'The IMF Tracker', a new online tool launched by Verit&ea...
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Sri Lanka's Unique Revenue Problem
Tax to GDP and GDP per capita for most South Asian countries shows a positive relationship as can be show by the infographic below. For example Bhutan had a tax to GDP of 10% in and GDP per capita of 4% in the year 2000....
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Sri Lanka’s Current IMF Programme: 110 ongoing com...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published its evaluation of Sri Lanka’s performance in the first phase or ‘first term’ of the ongoing Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme, which commenced in March 2023.
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