Maintaining Democratic Space in the Public Sphere: A Strategy for Sri Lankan Civil Society

    Maintaining Democratic Space in the Public Sphere: A Strategy for Sri Lankan Civil Society
    by |01 October 2015
    Over the years, the nature and extent of civil society space has been determined by the policies and ideologies dominant in the political sphere. Accordingly, transitions of power have been accompanied by radical transformations of civil society space. In this...
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    Reviving Exports: The Relevance of Export Finance
    by |23 September 2015
    This Insight analyses the importance of export finance as a tool to facilitate and promote exports in Sri Lanka. It identifies the bottlenecks that prevent effective use of export finance in the country and provides recommendations to improve availability, access...
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    Expanding Exports : Relevance of Export Finance
    by |04 September 2015
    This study examines the status of the export finance market in Sri Lanka and identifies the key limitations that prevent export finance from playing a proactive role in promoting exports. It reveals that the access, availability and diversity of export...
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    Fixing NTBs betwen India and Sri Lanka
    by |23 August 2015
    Measures to prove compliance with an importing country’s standards and regulations are necessary for all exports. However, Sri Lankan exports to India suffer greatly from the associated costs and delays. This Insight proposes a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) in Conformity...
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    Central Bank’s 30 Year Bond Debacle: What is the Loss?
    by |23 July 2015
    In February 2015 the Central Bank of Sri Lanka called an auction for one billion rupees on a 30 year bond. It then accepted 10 fold – 10 billion rupees – after the bids were in. This Insight identifies three...
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    Exports to India – Putting the free back into the FTA
    by |23 July 2015
    Sri Lanka’s history with bi-lateral trade agreements demonstrates the need for more careful negotiation. This Insight explains how the tariff benefits of the India Sri Lanka FreeTrade Agreement (ISFTA) have been outweighed by the existance of non-tariff barriers (NTBs).
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    19th Amendment – The Wins, the Losses and the In-betweens
    by |23 June 2015
    This brief analyses some of the changes made to the original 19th Amendment Bill during deliberations at the Committee State in Parliament. It also assesses the final version of the Amendment in terms of its delivery on the people's expectations...
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    Presidential election 2015
    by |04 May 2015
    Anticipation of voter behaviour in the 2015 presidential election can be informed by the evolution of voter trends in previous elections. Analysis of election results in Uva over the last decade suggests that the war and war-victory created a deviation...
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    President’s Executive Powers: Demystifying the 19A Bill Ruling
    by |23 April 2015
    "Can the President's executive powers be controlled through strengthening the Prime Minister's functions without a referendum?" - This question has generated much commentary and dominated many discussions after the recent Supreme Court Ruling on the 19th Amendment Bill. This brief...
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    Sri Lanka Domestic Workers: An Analysis of the Legal and Policy Framework
    by |07 March 2015
    This report analyses the legal and policy frameworks applicable to domestic workers in Sri Lanka. The report uses global standards of decent work to offer a fresh perspective on the problem and aims to outline a strategy for sustainable reform...
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