Press Releases24/04/2018
Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment signs MoU with Verité Research
Left to Right: Dr. Nishan de Mel (Executive Director – Verité Research), Mr. L. M. K. Muthukumarana (Deputy General Manager – Legal & Airport), Mr. W.M.V. Wansekara, (Acting General Manager – SLBFE) The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Verité Research. Verité...
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Verité Research launches results of the Open Budget Survey 2017
Budget Openness: Sri Lanka Needs Higher Standards Today is the global release of the latest Open Budget Survey, which scores 115 countries on the openness of their budget process. The Open Budget Survey (OBS) is the world’s only independent, comparative assessment of information disclosure in public budgets. In 2015, Sri...
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2017 budget promises: 35% near completion, 24% broken
2017 budget promises: 35% near completion, 24% broken Every November, the government makes promises to the public in the form of budget proposals. These proposals are debated widely and given a lot of attention at the time. Yet very little information is available afterwards. “Budget Promises – Beyond Parliament”...
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2017 Budget Promises: Mostly Concealed or Breached
“Budget Promises – Beyond Parliament” (www.budgetpromises.org) is a pioneering online platform developed by Verité Research. This platform takes stock of the government’s track record in executing the 2017 budget promises during the first six months of the year. It asks two basic questions about the government budget: Are they saying...
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Tracking the Promises of ‘Yahapalanaya’
Tracking the promises of ‘yahapalanaya’ – Manthri.lk launches its General Election Manifesto Tracker The National Unity Government is fast approaching the half-way mark of their term in office. Running under two coalitions, the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) and the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), the new government...
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Right to Information: Discourse and Compliance in Sri Lanka
Right to Information: Discourse and Compliance Verité Research, together with Democracy Reporting International (DRI) launched a paper titled ‘Right to Information: Discourse and Compliance’, on the 27th of February at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute. The paper presented practical recommendations for the implementation of the RTI Act. The seminar included a...
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Facilitating Trademark Registration
Facilitating Trademark Registration: Towards creating globally recognised Sri Lankan brands Sri Lankan businesses go through a lengthy and costly process to register their trademarks abroad. As a solution, the Government of Sri Lanka decided to join the Madrid Protocol. This is a centralised global system that simplifies the process Sri...
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Agri exports: What’s holding Sri Lanka back?
The effects of domestic NTBs on agricultural export growth A study by Verité Research (VR) together with the Lanka Fruit and Vegetables Producers, Processors and Exporters Association (LFVPPEA) found that domestic barriers faced by Sri Lankan exporters at the border of their own country to be a significant problem. These...
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E- Procurement : Enabling business through efficient systems
Governments deliver important social and economic goods to citizens using public procurement. The Sri Lankan government spent approximately 597 billion rupees through public procurement in 2015. This is about 5.3% of its GDP, and 26% of total government expenditure. However, the public procurement process in Sri Lanka suffers from inefficiencies....
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