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    Verité Research hands over new study on due process to Minister of Justice
    by |29 July 2021|Press Release
    Verité Research Executive Director Dr. Nishan de Mel handed over a report on Sri Lanka’s due process and preparedness during emergencies to Minister of Justice Ali Sabry earlier today (29 July). The purpose of the report was to study the...
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    Verité Research Launches Sri Lanka’s First Public Finance Platform
    by |13 May 2021|Press Release
    Verité Research launched PublicFinance.lk, an online platform that will serve as a one-stop-shop for all public finance related information in Sri Lanka. Some of the most significant risks in the Sri Lankan economy stem from issues around publicfinance. However, data...
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    Deshal de Mel joins Verité Research as a Research Director
    by |24 September 2019|Press Release
    Former Advisor to the Finance Minister and economist Deshal de Mel joined Verité Research as a Research Director this month. Prior to joining Verité, Deshal functioned as the Economic Advisor to Minister of Finance Hon. Minister Mangala Samaraweera. Deshal has...
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    China Harbour Engineering Company to respond to discussion on environmental impact of Port City Project
    by |08 September 2019|Press Release
    Verité Research will be hosting the seminar “Colombo Port City Project: The Environmental Narrative” this week, featuring guest speaker Professor Naazima Kamardeen from the Faculty of Law at the University of Colombo. The seminar will highlight the gap in public...
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    Media Ownership Monitor: Who owns the media in Sri Lanka and how much?
    by |26 October 2018|Press Release
    The Media Ownership Monitor is an international platform that traces and identifies the owners behind the key media outlets in different countries. As a pioneering initiative between the German Section of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Verité Research, the Media...
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    Budget Promises: 33% Broken, Neglected or Undisclosed, Only 8% on Track
    by |16 October 2018|Press Release
    Budget Promises: Beyond Parliament is Sri Lanka’s pioneering budget monitoring platform. It tracks the government’s performance and openness on key promises made in its annual budget. The platform is motivated by two basic questions: (1) Is the government doing what...
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    Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment signs MoU with Verité Research
    by |14 September 2018|Press Release
    Left to Right: Dr. Nishan de Mel (Executive Director – Verité Research), Mr. L. M. K. Muthukumarana (Deputy General Manager – Legal & Airport), Mr. W.M.V. Wansekara, (Acting General Manager – SLBFE) The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE)...
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    Verité Research launches results of the Open Budget Survey 2017
    by |23 May 2018|Press Release
    Budget Openness: Sri Lanka Needs Higher Standards Today is the global release of the latest Open Budget Survey, which scores 115 countries on the openness of their budget process. The Open Budget Survey (OBS) is the world’s only independent, comparative...
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    2017 budget promises: 35% near completion, 24% broken
    by |25 April 2018|Press Release
    2017 budget promises: 35% near completion, 24% broken   Every November, the government makes promises to the public in the form of budget proposals. These proposals are debated widely and given a lot of attention at the time. Yet very...
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    2017 Budget Promises: Mostly Concealed or Breached
    by |24 October 2017|Press Release
    “Budget Promises – Beyond Parliament” (www.budgetpromises.org) is a pioneering online platform developed by Verité Research. This platform takes stock of the government’s track record in executing the 2017 budget promises during the first six months of the year. It asks...
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