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Low ranking for SL in global assessment of budget transparency
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Sri Lanka has been ranked 60 among 115 counties in the world on the recent assessment of the 2013/2014 and 2016/2017 budget transparency processes. The ranking was released on the Open Budget Survey, the world’s only independent assessment of information...
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Restricting the sale of liquor to women: Is the public debate misinformed?
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On 10 January 2018, the Minister of Finance and Mass Media amended Excise Notification No.666 of 31 December 1979. It is widely believed that by this act the Minister revoked a prohibition on the sale of liquor to women. The...
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Sri Lanka Budget Openness, amongst lowest ranked countries in South Asia
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Sri Lanka’s budget openness in the latest survey has scored 44 out of 100, coming in next to last in South Asia, tied with Pakistan. Open Budget Survey, which scores 115 countries on the openness of their budget process, is...
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Transparency and the Budget
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Transparency is a daily battle in Sri Lanka, but it is often hijacked or replaced by political rhetoric. What are often obscured in the war of words are important functions by the Government such as formulation of the Budget, which...
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Capacity limitations at FinMin key reason for lack of budget transparency: think tank
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By Chandeepa Wettasinghe The Finance Ministry does not have the capacity to analyse and plan a budget, which has led to the lack of budget transparency, proposals, which may not be in the public interest and poor discretionary spending through...
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Sri Lanka stumbles on budget openness
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By Uditha Jayasinghe Sri Lanka remains at the bottom of the pile on Budget openness, public engagement and transparency, ranked second to last in South Asia in the latest global Open Budget Survey, a prominent think tank said yesterday. The...
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Lanka’s Budget openness, among lowest in South Asia
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Sri Lanka’s budget openness in the latest survey has scored 44 out of 100, coming in next to last in South Asia, tied with Pakistan. Open Budget Survey, which scores 115 countries on the openness of their budget process, is...
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Sri Lanka’s budget transparency improves in 2017
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By Chandeepa Wettasinghe Sri Lanka improved its budget transparency last year compared to two years ago under the Open Budget Survey, although it ranked the second lowest among its South Asian peers, according to Verite Research (Pvt) Ltd. “Sri Lanka...
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Sri Lanka’s budget transparency improves in 2017
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  By Chandeepa Wettasinghe Sri Lanka improved its budget transparency last year compared to two years ago under the Open Budget Survey, although it ranked the second lowest among its South Asian peers, according to Verite Research (Pvt) Ltd. “Sri...
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Sri Lanka Budget Openness, amongst lowest ranked countries in South Asia
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Jan 31, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s budget openness in the latest survey has scored 44 out of 100, coming in next to last in South Asia, tied with Pakistan. Open Budget Survey, which scores 115 countries on the openness...
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