Sri Lanka Domestic Workers: An Analysis of the Legal and Policy Framework

    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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    LLRC Implementation Monitor- Statistical and Analytical Review No. 3
    by |04 March 2015
    LLRC Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 3 is Verité Research's latest study on the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). This report is the outcome of twelve months of monitoring the implementation of the LLRC's recommendations. The report...
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    Sri Lanka: Domestic Workers & Employers Survey
    by |01 March 2015
    Verité Research recently conducted a survey amongst over 300 local domestic workers and their employers. The survey was conducted in the context of a serious dearth of data and information with regard to domestic workers who work in Sri Lanka....
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    What caused Europe to ban the import of fish from Sri Lanka?
    by |23 February 2015
    The European Commission recently banned the import of Sri Lankan fisher-ies products for violating guidelines on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing. This Insight suggests that the ban was triggered by the behaviour of a small number of very large Chinese...
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    LLRC Implementation Monitor Vol. 2. No. 1 – National Languages
    by |04 December 2014
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    Sri Lanka’s international borrowing costs are not declining
    by |23 November 2014
    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...
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    National Involuntary Resettlement Policy
    by |04 September 2014
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    VR Working Paper: A Technical Case for Affordability- Based Pricing of Cigarettes
    by |31 August 2014
    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. ...
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    Explaining the Mirage of GDP Growth Optimism
    by |23 August 2014
    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...
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    Sri Lanka International Trade Performance & Prognosis Vol. 2
    by |08 July 2014
    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...
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