Gender-Responsive Budgeting: Evaluating Key Performance Indicators July 2022

by |08 July 202220 October 2022

This report highlights the failure of the Sri Lankan government in implementing gender responsive budgeting in Sri Lanka. The case of gender KPIs provides a detailed case study of how poor planning of government policies can lead to poor accountability...

Restoring Efficient Tax Collection Methods: Withholding Tax and Pay-As-You-Earn

by |20 June 202220 June 2022

This note by the Verité Research Sri Lanka Economic Policy Group estimates the additional revenue that can be collected from reinstating in Sri Lanka two methods of efficient tax collection that were discontinued in 2020. That is: the withholding tax...

Cigarette Taxation Formula – The Cost of Forgetting

by |10 June 202220 March 2023

In 2019 the government introduced a policy where taxes and prices on cigarettes would be based on an indexation formula. Forgetting to implement the policy is costly: it has resulted in a foregone revenue of 85 billion from 2020-2022 and...

Costs of Doing a Job for Urban Women in Sri Lanka

by |25 May 202221 September 2022

This study aims to address the knowledge gap on how 'cost' factors can affect the choice architecture for women entering or exiting the labour force by estimating the monetary and non-monetary costs of doing a job for urban women in...

Diversity Impact on Vaccine Equity (DIVE) in Sri Lanka: March 2022

by |30 March 202230 March 2022

Covid-19 has shed light on ongoing disparities in vaccine access and confidence among different ethnic groups worldwide. Against this backdrop, Verité Media conducted a two-part study on the impact of ethnicity on Covid-19 vaccine confidence, uptake and access among the Sinhala,...

De-mystifying the Increase in Sri Lanka’s Debt

by |28 February 202201 March 2022

This insight explains and navigates five sources of complications in calculating the increase in debt and the sources of debt increment in Sri Lanka over the years. (more…)

Hill Country Tamils: Analysis of Legal and Policy Issues Affecting Labour and Governance Structure

by |28 February 202229 July 2022

This report examines the socio-economic background and history of the Hill Country Tamil community (HCT) with a focus on health, education, labour and their primary engagement in the tea plantation industry. Thereafter, the report dives into the three main drivers...

Patterns and Risks of Religious Violence Against Christians (October 2020 – October 2021)

by |28 February 202214 March 2022

Ethno-religious violence has persisted in post-war Sri Lanka irrespective of changes to the country’s political leadership. The current study unpacks the macro-level and micro-level patterns of religious violence against Christians. For this purpose, Verité Research analysed incidents of religious violence...

Diversity Impact on Vaccine Equity (DIVE) in Sri Lanka: November 2021

by |08 February 202230 March 2022

Covid-19 has shed light on ongoing disparities in vaccine access and confidence among different ethnic groups worldwide. Verité Research conducted a study to analyse social media content shared on Covid-19 vaccine confidence, uptake, and access among three ethnic groups in...

Public Report on the 2022 Budget: Assessment of the Fiscal, Financial and Economic Assumptions used in the Budget Estimates

by |08 December 202108 December 2021

This report provides an assessment and analysis of the fiscal, financial and economic assumptions and estimates applied in the formulation of the 2022 Budget. (more…)

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