Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa Dynasty Is Not as Secure as It Appears
    by |15 July 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in The Economist SINCE WINNING the presidency in a landslide nearly two years ago, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has worried not that he has too many relatives in government, but that he has too few. One of the 72-year-old’s elder brothers,...
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    Sound Analysis Critical for Economy – Deshal de Mel on Newsline
    by |07 July 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Research Director Deshal de Mel appears on Newsline to talk about Sri Lanka being recently reclassified as a low-middle-income country and the necessity of sound analyses to overcome Sri Lanka's recent economic struggles.
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    Making Public Data Public: Sri Lanka Misses Its Own Targets While India Races Ahead
    by |07 July 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Published in the Daily Mirror In Sri Lanka, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) is the primary government agency responsible for collecting and providing access to data that can be used for statistical analysis. The stated vision of the...
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    Desperately Searching for Dollars: Importers and Import-Intensive Exporters Badly Hit
    by |04 July 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in The Sunday Times Importers continued to fret this week with containers–many of them holding inputs for export manufacturing–held up because dollar-strapped Sri Lankan banks were slow in settling payments with the sellers’ banks abroad. “I bring in raw...
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    ජාත්‍යන්තර අභියෝග හමුවේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව – Subhashini Abeysinghe on Satana
    by |30 June 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Research Director Subhashini Abeysinghe joins Satana on TV1 to discuss Sri Lanka's economic prospects future obstacles.
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    The Need for Increased Fuel Prices and Divestiture of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation
    by |27 June 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in The Island. In a recent TV talk show “Face the Nation”, a panel of economists mostly with experience in the private sector delivered an insightful and no holds barred discussion on the recent hike in petroland diesel prices. ...
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    ‘SL Treats Investors as Most Welcome Partners’
    by |22 June 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in the Daily News Sri Lanka treats investors as the most welcome partners and offers strong fundamentals for investing together with regulatory support, investment protection, investment incentive framework and everything that an investor is looking for in a country....
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    Overcoming Sri Lanka’s Economic Woes – Nishan de Mel on Face the Nation
    by |14 June 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Nishan de Mel, Executive director of Verité Research appears on Face the Nation by News 1st to discuss Sri Lanka's struggles with foreign debt and overcoming the country's economic woes.
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    Investment Forum 2021 Aims Gamechanger for Sri Lanka
    by |31 May 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in the DailyFT The Sri Lanka Investment Forum 2021, a three-day virtual event to engage and attract foreign investment into Sri Lanka will commence on 7 June. The forum, jointly hosted by the Board of Investment, together with 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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