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Sri Lanka’s International Trade: Performance and Prognosis

Sri Lanka’s International Trade: Performance and Prognosis analyses Sri Lanka’s international trade with special reference to its trade deficit, apparel sector and tea exports. It also analyses and evaluates the policies and structural issues Sri Lanka’s trade faces.

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Education inequality and affirmative action: Towards a better estimation

The working paper was presented at the CEPA Annual Poverty Symposium held in September 2013. The education sector had witnessed an overall decline in terms of budgetary allocations, and was also subject to inequality in distribution of educational opportunities within the country. Education inequality has implications for addressing poverty alleviation and equitable development through education.

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LLRC Implementation Monitor – Status of Implementation Vol.1 No.1: Land Dispute Resolution

Analyses the level of implementation of all LLRC recommendations relating to land dispute resolution.

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Provincial Council Elections 2013

Three of Sri Lanka’s nine provinces, the Central (CP), North-Western (NWP) and Northern Provinces (NP), went to polls in September 2013. These provinces, when combined together, account for about a quarter of the island’s Sinhala and Muslim populations and over half the Tamil population. This report includes province time series analysis and cross cutting implications of the election results.

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Budget 2013 : Increasing Assistance and Vulnerability

Sri Lanka Budget 2013 : Increasing Assistance and Vulnerability presents an analysis of the contradictory nature of the Budget 2013 through increased assistance to the poor, while at the same time increasing their vulnerability. The analysis of Budget 2013, rather than reiterating the general criticisms reported in the press, presents an in-depth analysis of how the Budget 2013 actually represents a retreat from the welfare state and the impact of the ever increasing defense budget. It further addresses the viability of the measures introduced for the assistance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the extent of executive domination of the Budget, the inconsistency of the Budget with the Constitution and the feasibility of the macroeconomic targets set in this Budget.

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LLRC Implementation Monitor – Statistical and Analytical Review No.1

Sri Lanka: LLRC Implementation Monitor – Statistical and Analytical Review No. 1 is the first report in a series of research and informational documents intended to assist in efforts to implement the LLRC recommendations. The report contains an analytical counting and categorisation of the LLRC recommendations, and an analytical assessment of the National Plan of Action to Implement the Recommendations of the LLRC. The report specifically examines the overlap and differences between the recommendations of the LLRC and the actions envisaged by the National Plan of Action.

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Sri Lanka:Resolution 30/1: Statistical & Analytical Review No.2

This briefing note is Verité Research’s latest study on the Sri Lankan government’s commitments on reconciliation and accountability. It assesses progress in the fulfillment of 36 commitments made in UNHRC Resolution 30/1, co-sponsored by Sri Lanka in September 2015.

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Provincial Council Elections 2012

This report features a comprehensive analysis of the recently concluded Provincial Council elections, detailing the performance of major political parties, voting trends, and the emerging political landscape in post-war Sri Lanka. The voting environment, political campaigns and the various electoral politics preceding the election are also scrutinized to ascertain the level of transparency and accountability of the electoral system. The report includes data on previous elections to determine the evolution in socio-economic preferences related to voting patterns and also highlights the evolution of political preferences using a variety of visual data tools.

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