Econ: Recent submissions

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    • Sri Lanka: Domestic Workers and Employers Survey 

      Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Report; No. 2
      Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Kumarage, Aloka       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-03)
      VR conducted a survey among domestic workers and employers of domestic workers in Sri Lanka during the period of March to June 2014 and analysed the findings in terms of domestic workers' working standards, wages and ...

    • තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිය: දැනුවත් කිරීමේ තොරතුරු සංග්‍රහය 

      de Silva, Malsirini; Jayawardena, Supun (Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-10)
      The Right to Information Act No. 12 of 2016 was passed by the Parliament of Sri Lanka in August 2016. The Act aims to provide citizens’ with access to government information, to increase their participation in the public ...

    • Accepting e-documents with e-signatures: A small step for government, a giant leap for the country 

      Perera, Buddhika; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Esufally, Sabrina; Kapilan, Anushan (Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-02)
      The room for exporters to improve their competitiveness by reducing time to export is significantly constrained by the procedures and processing time imposed by Sri Lankan border agencies. Sri Lanka can improve the ...

    • Sri Lanka-China FTA: Challenges and Opportunities - Insights from Analysing China’s Existing FTAs 

      TMA special report 2018
      Arangala, Mathisha Lovindu; Abeysinghe, Subhashini       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-04)
      Sri Lanka and China decided to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in August 2013 to further expand trade between the two countries. Technical negotiations, which officially commenced in September 2014, are still ...

    • Reducing Domestic Barriers to Export Success 

      Arangala, Mathisha Lovindu; Fernando, Nilangika (Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-04)
      Export promotion has been a key policy objective of successive governments of Sri Lanka. The Government aims to double the value of exports to USD 20 billion by 2020. Currently, the government is taking measures to improve ...

    • Wading Through Murky Waters: A Case Study of Regulatory Ineffectiveness in Sri Lanka’s Import Tax Exemption Schemes 

      Munas, Hasna; Gnanasampathen, Revathy (Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-04)
      Import taxes are critical for government revenue. However, because these taxes are often high, the government has introduced import tax exemption schemes. Through these schemes, businesses can bypass certain taxes and save ...

    • Natural Disaster Insurance Coverage 

      Fernando, Sachintha; Jayasekera, Vinura (Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-04)
      Despite an increasing number of natural disasters in recent years, Sri Lanka suffers from a limited uptake of natural disaster insurance coverage. Sri Lanka’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are especially vulnerable ...

    • Cigarette Tax Indexation in Budget 2019 

      de Mel, Nishan; Guruge, Aneesha (Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-07-17)
      The presentation discusses the cigarette tax indexation that was implemented by Sri Lanka’s Budget for 2019 (released in March). This indexation solved 2 problems of cigarette tax revisions in Sri Lanka—they were both too ...