Electoral Reform in Sri Lanka: Mixed-Member Proportional System

    Electoral Reform in Sri Lanka: Mixed-Member Proportional System
    by |04 May 2016
    This report examines the key features and functions of a Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP) electoral system that needs to be considered when engaging in electoral system reform. It provides recommendations that address the President's election campaign promises on electoral reform. It...
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    CSO Sustainability Index 2016 Sri Lanka
    by |04 May 2016
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    Trade in Services: Unearthing the devil in the details
    by |06 April 2016
    Sri Lanka is negotiating an Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ECTA) with India. It envisages liberalising trade in services. The lack of information on what is being negotiated has fueled speculation on the outcomes. A previous Verité Insight titled “Trade...
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    Trade in Services: Sri Lanka needs to pull up its socks
    by |09 March 2016
    Two previous Verité Insights titled “Sri Lanka missing world’s biggest trade party and its in her backyard” & “Trade Agreements that don’t deliver the goods” published in May and June 2013 pointed out that Sri Lanka is well behind her...
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    Sri Lanka Strategic Assessment 2016
    by |07 March 2016
    The Sri Lanka Strategic Assessment analyses six spheres of contestation within Sri Lanka’s current political context, and assesses their impact in terms of securing peace and accelerating inclusive growth in the future. These spheres of contestation have been identified and...
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    Sri Lanka’s tea Industry – too long in adolescence, it’s time to grow up
    by |24 February 2016
    Tea sector wage negotiations have been in deadlock now for 10 months. There are political reasons for this situation, but also an overarching economic one: global tea prices have declined – as it periodically happens – and the industry is...
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    Exchange rate management: politics trumps professionalism
    by |26 January 2016
    Most people in a country don’t understand the intricacies of exchange rate management. Nevertheless, actions in this regard have significant implications for the economic stability, growth and overall success of the economy, on which human development is fostered. This Insight...
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    Sri Lanka’s post war growth: Still stuck in an unsustainable strategy
    by |23 January 2016
    Sri Lanka has been driving post-war growth in boom and bust cycles on the trade deficit; and fiscal measures have been used, especially spending on construction, to offset the bust cycles. This strategy is now being squeezed to pulp and...
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    CSO Sustainability Index 2015 Sri Lanka
    by |07 December 2015
    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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    CSO Sustainability Index 2015 for Asia
    by |07 December 2015
    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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