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Tax to GDP and GDP per capita for most South Asian countries shows a positive relationship as can be show by the infographic below. For example Bhutan had a tax to GDP of 10% in and GDP per capita of 4% in the year 2000. By 2020, tax to GDP had risen to just over 12% with GDP per capita being just under 16%.
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Sri Lanka's Unique Revenue Problem
Tax to GDP and GDP per capita for most South Asian countries shows a positive relationship as can be show by the infographic below. For example Bhutan had a tax to GDP of 10% in and GDP per capita of 4% in the year 2000. By 2020, tax to GDP had risen to just over 12% with GDP per capita being just under 16%.
Featured Insight
Sri Lanka's Unique Revenue Problem
Tax to GDP and GDP per capita for most South Asian countries shows a positive relationship as can be show by the infographic below. For example Bhutan had a tax to GDP of 10% in and GDP per capita of 4% in the year 2000. By 2020, tax to GDP had risen to just over 12% with GDP per capita being just under 16%.
Featured Insight
Sri Lanka's Unique Revenue Problem
Tax to GDP and GDP per capita for most South Asian countries shows a positive relationship as can be show by the infographic below. For example Bhutan had a tax to GDP of 10% in and GDP per capita of 4% in the year 2000. By 2020, tax to GDP had risen to just over 12% with GDP per capita being just under 16%.
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Detailed analysis of the 2021 budget.
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Governement to borrow additional LKR 400 Bn for de...
The Cabinet of Ministers cleared a request to increase the government’s credit limit by further Rs.400 billion to Rs.3.39 trillion for 2021, under Appropriation Act No. 7 of 2020, to meet the pandemic-related additional expenditu...
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Sri Lanka budget deficit 4.7-pct of GDP up to June...
Sri Lanka’s budget deficit for the six months to June 2021 was 781 billion rupees, up 6 percent from a year earlier, or 4.7 percent of projected gross domestic product, data shows, though outstanding debt was accelerating at a faster p...
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Insight on Budget 2021
How Committed was the Sri Lankan Governm...
For information about the 15 proposals tracked, responsible agencies and other findings, visit :&...
Addressing the Gender Gap in Sri Lanka's...
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Government Deficit Has Decreased By Rs....
The recently released figures for 2021 sho...
Budget Promises : Beyond Parliament 2021...
Public Report on the 2021 Budget: Assess...
This is the second report in a series of two reports on Sri Lanka&rsqu...
Budget 2021 Round-up Part 2- Who Knows t...
Executive Director Nishan de Mel and Rese...
Summary of 2021 Budget (Approved)
The Sri Lanka...
Over Optimistic Estimates in the 2021 Bu...
Sri Lanka’s budget for 2021 feature...
Debt to GDP Ratio - Verité Projections B...
What do we know about Sri Lanka’s Debt/GDP ratio?
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Total and primary deficits run in opposite directi...
The governments primary deficit improved in the first half of 2023 compared to the corresponding period in 2022, while the budget deficit worsened increasing from LKR -903 Bn to LKR -1,243 Bn which implies a significant 93 percent increase a...
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Will the budget's veil of secrecy be lifted in 202...
The lack of transparency on the implementation progress of proposals in budget speeches has increased sharply in 2022 and 2023, according to a systematic evaluation conducted by Verité Research.
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Sri Lanka’s government education spending is the l...
In 2022, Sri Lanka’s government—both provincial and central—dedicated only 1.5 percent of its GDP to education, including primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. This places Sri Lanka at the bottom of the list for educatio...
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