Provincial Council Elections 2013

    Provincial Council Elections 2013
    by |07 June 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...
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    Budget 2013 : Increasing Assistance and Vulnerability
    by |01 December 2012
    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...
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    Sri Lanka: LLRC Implementation Monitor – Statistical and Analytical Review No. 1
    by |07 November 2012
    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...
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    LLRC Implementation Monitor – Statistical and Analytical Review No.1
    by |04 November 2012
    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...
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    Sri Lanka:Resolution 30/1: Statistical & Analytical Review No.2
    by |04 November 2012
    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
    by |07 September 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...
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    Power Cuts in Sri Lanka 2012
    by |23 August 2012
    This report provides a detailed analysis of the main reasons attributed to the power crisis prevailing in Sri Lanka during a greater part of the year. It identifies how these reasons; namely, the unexpected high growth in demand, shortage in...
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    Employees Provident Fund (EPF)
    by |28 March 2012
    The EPF’s management of equity investments are seriously at odds with its mission. It has hugely underperformed the All Share Price Index (ASPI), and earned only one fourth of what it would have earned if the same investment had been...
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    Sri Lanka Budget Report 2012
    by |30 December 2011
    The report summarises Sri Lanka's macroeconomic environment, analysing the 2012 budget and providing a comparative study of government expenditure. It finds that the focus of government expenditure has shifted from funding welfare activities to funding infrastructure projects. It also considers...
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    Doing Business Index 2012
    by |01 November 2011
    The World Bank’s ‘Doing Business Index’ measures the ease with which domestic small and medium sized enterprises to do business. Between 2011 and 2012, Sri Lanka’s rank in the Doing Business Index rose by 9 places, from 98th to 89th....
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