Mood of the Nation – January 2022

ISSUE 4: 01 December 2023 – VERITÉ RESEARCH DEBT UPDATE

Education inequality and affirmative action: Towards a better estimation

Sri Lanka’s International Trade: Performance and Prognosis

USD 20 billion export target by 2020: Aiming to be mediocre

CSO Sustainability Index 2014 Sri Lanka

Provincial Council Elections 2014

Silent Suppression: Restrictions on Religious Freedoms of Christians 1994 – 2014

Parliament should have a formula for regulating cigarettes

Secure Land Tenure and Property Rights

Sri Lanka International Trade Performance & Prognosis Vol. 2

Is blocking websites making Sri Lanka’s telecom share prices vulnerable?

Explaining the Mirage of GDP Growth Optimism

VR Working Paper: A Technical Case for Affordability- Based Pricing of Cigarettes

Sri Lanka’s international borrowing costs are not declining

What caused Europe to ban the import of fish from Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka: Domestic Workers & Employers Survey

LLRC Implementation Monitor- Statistical and Analytical Review No. 3

Sri Lanka: Domestic Workers and Civil Society: In Sight but Out of Mind

Sri Lanka Domestic Workers: An Analysis of the Legal and Policy Framework

President’s Executive Powers: Demystifying the 19A Bill Ruling

Presidential election 2015

19th Amendment – The Wins, the Losses and the In-betweens

Exports to India – Putting the free back into the FTA

Central Bank’s 30 Year Bond Debacle: What is the Loss?

Fixing NTBs between India and Sri Lanka

Expanding Exports : Relevance of Export Finance

Expanding Exports: Relevance of Export Finance (Tamil Edition)

Reviving Exports: The Relevance of Export Finance

Maintaining Democratic Space in the Public Sphere: A Strategy for Sri Lankan Civil Society

අපනයන ප‍්‍රවර්ධනය සදහා අපනයන මුල්‍යකරණ පහසුකම්වල කාර්යභාරය සහ අදාළත්වය

Improving Trade with India: Mutual Recognition in Conformity Assessment (Tamil Edition)

Improving Trade with India: Mutual Recognition in Conformity Assessment

CSO Sustainability Index 2015 for Asia

CSO Sustainability Index 2015 Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s post war growth: Still stuck in an unsustainable strategy

Exchange rate management: politics trumps professionalism

අපනයන ප්‍රවර්ධනය සඳහා අපනයන මූල්‍යකරණ පහසුකම්වල්‍ කාර්යභාර්ය සහ අදාළත්වය

Sri Lanka’s tea Industry – too long in adolescence, it’s time to grow up

Sri Lanka Strategic Assessment 2016

Trade in Services: Unearthing the devil in the details

Electoral Reform in Sri Lanka: Mixed-Member Proportional System

සර්ව පාක්ෂික නියෝජිත කමිටුව: ව්‍යවස්ථාමය සම්මුතියකට ප්‍රවේශයක්

Economic mismanagement is a governance problem – it needs governance solutions

Are Sri Lanka’s exports to India over dependent on concessions?

LLRC Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 4

Cigarette Taxes Need Parliament’s Oversight

FCTC Evaluation: Sri Lanka’s Price and Tax Measures to Reduce the Demand for Tobacco

Trademark Registration: From Colombo to Madrid

Public procurement is a key instrument through which governments deliver important social and economic goods to citizens. Efficient and accountable public procurement enables better utilisation of public funds, and in better public goods and services. Strengthening public procurement in Sri Lanka requires enhancing its efficiency, cost-effectiveness and competitiveness. E-procurement offers the government major efficiency gains, cost-savings, higher value for money and better fiscal management.

E-Government Procurement: Enabling Business through Efficient Systems

Facilitating The Registration Of Trademarks A Step towards Creating Internationally Recognised Sri Lankan Brands

Sri Lanka’s Domestic Barriers to Trade: Case Studies of Agricultural Exports

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

Fixing Sri Lanka’s Revenue Problem is a Priority

The Limits of the Presidential Portfolio and its Implications for the Office on Missing Persons

Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor – Statistical and Analytical Review No. 2

The Sri Lankan economy needs a better bureaucracy, not just a better Cabinet of Ministers

Does the Disqualification of Candidates Invalidate Nomination Papers?

Right to Information: Discourse and Compliance in Sri Lanka

A Legal & Institutional Assessment of Sri Lanka’s Justice System for Children

The new Ministers of Finance: Will their budget keep its promises?

Sri Lanka’s Export Problem – Not Concentration, but Composition

Mapping Sri Lanka’s Political Parties

Facilitating The Registration Of Trademarks A Step towards Creating Internationally Recognised Sri Lankan Brands (Tamil)

ජාත්‍යන්තරව පිළිගත් ශී‍්‍ර ලාංකික සන්නාමයන් ගොඩගැනීමේ ඉදිරි පියවරක් ලෙස වෙළද ලකුණු ලියාපදිංචිය සදහා සරළ ක‍්‍රමවේදයක් හදුන්වාදීම

Private Sector Participation in Sri Lanka’s Tertiary Education

Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical & Analytical Review No. 3

Sri Lanka’s economic competitiveness: a microcosm of its politics?

Sri Lanka-China FTA: Challenges and Opportunities

The Public Debate on the Sale of Liquor to Women is Misinformed

Cabinet Decision to Ban Women from Purchasing Liquor is Unconstitutional

The Hidden Side of Cigarette Pricing

Tobacco Policy: Mitigating the Influence of Vested Interests

Who is Responsible for ‘Alternative Facts’ on Cigarette Taxation?

ස්වභාවික ආපදා රක්ෂණාවරණය

Natural Disaster Insurance Coverage

අපනයන සාර්ථකත්වය අඩාල කරන දේශීය බාධක ඉවත් කිරීම

Reducing Domestic Barriers to Export Success

Online Proactive Disclosure Under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka

Wading Through Murky Waters: Sri Lanka’s Import Tax Exemption Schemes

බොර දිය තුළින් ඉදිරියට: ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආනයනල බදුවලින් නිදහස් කිරීමේ යෝජනා ක‍්‍රම

இயற்கை அனர்த்தக் காப்பீடு

சதுப்பு நிலத்தில் தவழ்ந்து செல்லுதல்

ஏற்றுமதி பதிவூ நடைமுறைகள்

CSO Sustainability Index 2017 – Asia Report

CSO Sustainability Index 2017 – Sri Lanka Country Report

Youth Labour Market Assessment Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical & Analytical Review No. 4

Explaining Sri Lanka’s New Emergency Regulations on ‘Publication’

இலங்கையில் அனர்த்த முகாமைத்துவம்

Cigarette Tax Indexation: Getting it Right and Getting it Wrong

Hill Country Tamils of Sri Lanka – Towards Meaningful Citizenship

කොටස් වෙළදපලට සේවක අර්ථසාධක අරමුදල නැවත ඇතුළත්වීම පසුපස ඇති සාවද්‍ය තර්කය

Powers of the Election Commission to Regulate Privately-Owned Media during Elections in Sri Lanka

ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ මැතිවරණ කාලය තුළ පුද්ගලික මාධ්‍ය නියාමනය කිරීමට මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව සතු බලතල

CSO Sustainability Index 2018 : Sri Lanka Country Report

CSO Sustainability Index 2018 : Asia Report

Flawed rationale behind EPF re-entering the stock market

දර්ශකයකට අනුව දුම්වැටි බදු අයකරන්නට කටයුතු කලොත්, 2020 දී, රජයට රුපියල් බිලියන 20ක අමතර ආදායමක්

ශී‍්‍ර ලංකාවේ ආපදා කළමණාකරන කටයුතු

Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical & Analytical Review No. 5

Improving National Budget Practices: Solutions for a Professional Government

Information Disorder and Mainstream Media in Sri Lanka: A Case Study

Cigarette Taxation: 20 Billion Extra Revenue in 2020 if Indexation Is Implemented

Open Budget Survey: Sri Lanka Country Summary 2019

VR Working Paper: Ineffectiveness of Social Contacts and Alternate Job Search Methods for Unemployed Youth in Sri Lanka

වැඩකරන රටකට – වැඩක් කළ හැකි කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලයක්

Opening up Trade Data: The Benefits to Sri Lanka

A Cabinet that Works: Ministries in Sri Lanka

වැඩක් කළ හැකි කැබිනට්ටුවක්: ශී‍්‍ර ලංකාවේ අමාත්‍යංශ

Inaction and Impunity: Incidents of Religious Violence Targeting Christians, Muslims and Hindus (2015-2019)

A Rational Method for Cabinet Formation in Sri Lanka: A White Paper

CSO Sustainability Index 2019 : Sri Lanka Country Report

State Funding for Maternity Leave in Sri Lanka – A No-Brainer

Financing Infrastructure: The (non) Concessionality of Concessional Loans

Slide Deck: Financing Infrastructure: The (non) Concessionality of Concessional Loans

Slide Deck: Unlocking the Potential of Data: A Case Study on Data Dissemination Practices in Sri Lanka Customs

Youth Labour Market Assessment Sri Lanka

Condemned but not Deterred: Torture in Sri Lanka

Ethics Eye: මාධ්‍ය ආචාරධර්ම මාර්ගෝපදේශ සම්පාදනය 2020

Sri Lanka: Online Child Sexual Exploitation Legal Gap Analysis

Public Report on the 2021 Budget: Assessment of the Fiscal, Financial and Economic Assumptions used in the Budget Estimates

2021 අයවැය: අයවැය ඇස්තමේන්තුවල භාවිත කර ඇති රාජ්‍ය ආදායම්, මුල්‍ය සහ ආර්ථික උපකල්පනයන් ගැන පොදු ජනතාව වෙනුවෙන් සිදුකරන ලද සොයාබැලීමක්

2021 வரவு செலவுத்திட்டம் குறித்த பொது அறிக்கை

Does the Sri Lankan media exploit parliamentary candidates during elections?

CSO Sustainability Index 2019: Asia Report

CSO Sustainability Index 2019: Sri Lanka Country Report

Strengthening the presidency; Weakening the democracy: A brief analysis of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka

2021 අයවැය පිළිබඳ ප්‍රසිද්ධ වාර්තාව

2021 ஆம் ஆண்டின் வரவு செலவுத் திட்டம் தொடர்பான பொது அறிக்கை

සංක්ෂිප්ත සටහන: ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ ණය කළමනාකරණය

Briefing Note: Navigating Sri Lanka’s Debt

Prejudice and Patronage: An Analysis of Incidents of Violence against Christians, Muslims, Hindus in Sri Lanka (September 2019 – September 2020)

Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical & Analytical Review No. 6

Reducing the Gap in Understanding Sri Lanka’s Gender Gap

Elementor #9508

Privatisation of Public Data: Sri Lanka Customs as a Case in Point

“පොදු දත්ත” පුද්ගලීකරණය කිරීම: ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුව උදාහරණයක් ලෙස

Reviewing the Data Dissemination Practices of Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics

Due Process and Preparedness for Public Emergencies: Lessons for Sri Lanka, From the COVID -19 Pandemic

பொது நெருக்கடி நிலைகளுக்கான உரிய செயன் முறை மற் றும் தயார் நிலை: கொவிட் -19 தொற் றுநோயிலிருந் து இலங் கைக் கான படிப் பினைகள

W(h)ither Environmental Governance: Limited Access to Information Undermines Meaningful Participation in Development Projects

හදිසි මහජන අවශ්‍යතා උදෙසා නිසි කාර්යය පටිපාටිය සහ සූදානම: කොවිඩ් -19 වසංගතයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට උගත හැකි පාඩම්

அரச உட்கட்டமைப்பு வசதிகள் மீது பொதுமக்களுக்குரிய நலன்களை பாதுகாப்பதற்கான வாய்ப்புக்கள்: இலங்கையின் ஒழுங்கு முறைச்சட்டகங்கள் பற்றிய மீளாய்வு

පොදු යටිතල පහසුකම් තුළ මහජන සුබසිද්ධිය සුරැකීමට ඇති අවස්ථා: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නියාමන රාමු පිළිබඳ සමාලෝචනයක්

Opportunities to Protect Public Interest in Public Infrastructure: A Review of Regulatory Frameworks in Sri Lanka.

Better Moderation of Hate Speech on Social Media: A Sri Lankan Case Study for Reputational-Cost Approaches

පොදු දත්ත පොදු කිරීම: ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සිය ඉලක්කය වෙත යාමට අසමත් වෙද්දී ඉන්දියාව එය අභිබවා යයි

Making Public Data Public: Sri Lanka Misses its Own Targets While India Races Ahead

பால்நிலை பொறுப்பு வரவு செலவுத்திட்டத் தயாரிப்பு: பிரதான செயலாற்றுகை சுட்டிகளை மதிப்பிடுதல

ස්ත්‍රී පුරුෂ සමාජභාවයට අනුකූල වූ අයවැයකරණය: ප්‍රධාන කාර්ය සාධන දර්ශක පිළිබඳ ඇගැයීම

Gender-Responsive Budgeting: Evaluating Key Performance Indicators

Racial Profiling and Language Polarisation in Sri Lankan Media: A Problem Highlighted by “Ethics Eye” and “The Divide”

CSO Sustainability Index 2020: Sri Lanka Country Report

Quantifying the COVID Clean-up of Air Quality in Colombo

Organic Fertiliser Transition in Sri Lanka

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව කාබනික පොහොර වෙතට මාරු වීමට දැරූ ප්‍රයත්නය

Ceylon Petroleum Corporation: What Drives the Losses?

Charting a Path for Debt Sustainability in Sri Lanka

CSO Sustainability Index 2020: Asia Region Report

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

இலங்கையில் சமத்துவமாக தடுப்பூசி வழங்குதல் சார்ந்த பல்வேறுபட்ட தாக்கங்கள்

එන්නත්කරණ සමානාත්මතාවය කෙරෙහි වාර්ගික විවිධත්වයේ බලපෑම

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

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

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

Mood of the Nation – October 2023

De-mystifying the Increase in Sri Lanka’s Debt

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

එන්නත්කරණ සමානාත්මතාවය කෙරෙහි වාර්ගික විවිධත්වයේ බලපෑම: 2022 මාර්තු

இலங்கையில் சமத்துவமாக தடுப்பூசி வழங்குதல் சார்ந்த பல்வேறுபட்ட தாக்கங்கள்: மார்ச் 2022

Costs of Doing a Job for Urban Women in Sri Lanka

Cigarette Taxation Formula – The Cost of Forgetting

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

பால்நிலை பொறுப்பு வரவு செலவுத்திட்டத் தயாரிப்பு

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Sexual Harassment in the Workplace — Overcoming Barriers to Justice

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Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor 2021

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