budget promises

    Poor Budget Credibility Cited as Major Issue for Public Finances
    by |30 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on Daily Mirror Govt. urged to institute better oversight by Parliamentary Committees and Parliamentary Budget Office “There was little to no information available to determine the progress of over half the (budget) proposals”- Verite  For over 67% of Cabinet...
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    Revenue Enhancement Measures Critical in Budget 2022: Verité
    by |28 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on The Morning Advises to expand tax base instead of increasing tax rate  According to former Economic Advisor to the Minister of Finance and Verité Research Director – Research Deshal de Mel, while revenue enhancement measures will be a...
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    Verité Research Reveals Implementation Lags in 2020 Budget
    by |28 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on DailyFT BudgetPromises, a platform to track delivery of Government budget proposals, revealed yesterday there was poorer visibility on many Cabinet decisions surrounding projects, with the proportion of proposals with restricted information more than doubling over the past two...
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    Lack of Budget Credibility a Significant Challenge to the 2022 Budget
    by |27 October 2021|Press Release
    The BudgetPromises dashboard on the PublicFinance.lk platform sheds light on two questions about Sri Lanka’s budget: “is the Government doing what it is saying?” and “is the Government saying what it is doing?” BudgetPromises was launched in 2017 and tracks...
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    Lack of Openness in Govt Agencies a Concern for Assessing Budget Promises: Verité Research
    by |27 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on Lanka Business Online Independent research institute and think tank in Sri Lanka, Verité Research highlights that the level of openness of government agencies is a major concern in evaluating their performance against budget promises. Presenting an overview of...
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    Secrecy of Budget and Cabinet Decisions Rose in 2020: Verite
    by |27 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on The Morning The latest findings of the think tank Verite Research Institute’s “Budget Promises: Beyond Parliament” platform, show that over the past year (2020), there has been an increased lack of willingness by ministries and government agencies to...
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    Un SDG on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Unlikely to Be Fulfilled by SL: Study
    by |04 August 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in the Daily Mirror Sri Lanka is unlikely to realize by 2030 the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on gender equality and women empowerment as lack of monitoring and accountability hinders the ability in moving in that...
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    Call to ensure credible implementation of budget-2021 proposals
    by |29 October 2020|Verité in the News
    Featured in: The Island In the lead up to the highly anticipated 2021 budget, Verité Research recently announced the latest results and recommendations of their annual budget monitoring study, which tracks the government’s performance and openness on key promises made...
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    Budget proposals need to be feasible; Nishan De Mel
    by |17 March 2020|Verité in the News
    Taken from News1st Budget Proposals advertised in the budget are not implemented because they were not seen as feasible, Verité Research Economist, Nishan De Mel said. De Mel, highlighted the importance of budget proposals to be implemented with detailed estimates...
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    Broken promises from budget pledges: Verite Research
    by |30 October 2018|Verité in the News
    Taken from Sunday Observer By Quintus Perera   The Government has performed poorly in executing budget proposals or promises, for, in its total pledges to disburse Rs. 149,350 million during 2018, only 8 per cent of these promises have been...
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