Sri Lanka’s international borrowing costs are not declining

by |23 November 201411 September 2018

The government first raised international debt through bonds in October 2007. Since then several international bonds have been issued to feed the government’s twin demands: financing its spending and propping up foreign reserves. While this trend of foreign borrowing is...

National Involuntary Resettlement Policy

by |04 September 201411 September 2018

VR Working Paper: A Technical Case for Affordability- Based Pricing of Cigarettes

by |31 August 201404 November 2021

By 2014, tax revenue from cigarettes accounted for over 4.9% of total government revenue. However, thus far, Sri Lanka’s tax adjustments have been ad hoc, and driven by political and bureaucratic discretion rather than a logical, transparent, and systematic policy. ...

Explaining the Mirage of GDP Growth Optimism

by |23 August 201411 September 2018

The government estimates that by 2015 per capita GDP will quadruple from what it was in 2004. But this is a mirage: real incomes will not even double in that period. The mirage is created by counting in US dollars...

Sri Lanka International Trade Performance & Prognosis Vol. 2

by |08 July 201411 September 2018

In this Research Bulletin, we provide a detailed analysis of Sri Lanka's trade performance during 2013 and the first quarter of 2014. The review highlights the external and internal driversthat shaped Sri Lanka's external trade developments. The key challenges the...

Secure Land Tenure and Property Rights

by |07 July 201428 November 2018

The report discusses the main challenges faced by individuals and communities in the North and East and examines available solutions in terms of their effectiveness and feasibility. The report also presents a unique perceptual mapping of problems and solutions pertaining...

Parliament should have a formula for regulating cigarettes

by |09 June 201411 September 2018

Variations in the tobacco excise tax affects Rs. 10s of billions in government revenue. Taxation and pricing has been inconsistent. The lack of a consistent method allows wide discretion to officials in determining the tax. Parliament should adopt a formula...

Silent Suppression: Restrictions on Religious Freedoms of Christians 1994 – 2014

by |09 May 201406 February 2019

This research study on religious discrimination and violence targeting Christians in Sri Lanka is based on over 20 years of reports gathered by the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka. The methodology used was created by Verité Research in...

Provincial Council Elections 2014

by |04 May 201411 September 2018

Sri Lanka’s Western and Southern provinces went to the polls on 29 March 2014. The report analyses political party performance across using historical, polling division and preferential vote data sets. It also uses socio-economic data to assess the the impact...

CSO Sustainability Index 2014 Sri Lanka

by |04 May 201411 September 2018

The Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index (CSOSI) has been used since 1997 to assess the sustainability of the CSO sector. The Index has expanded considerably since its inception – it went from covering 18 countries in the Europe and Eurasia...

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