The government of Timor-Leste on Wednesday approved legislation containing measures aimed at trying to streamline actions to protect …
Timor-Leste: IMF sees 2023 GDP growth of 4.2pct, more than government forecast
The International Monetary Fund now expects Timor-Leste’s economy to grow by 4.2 percent next year, a more optimistic forecast than that …
As Timor-Leste reels at child sex claims against an ex-bishop, a taboo is exposed
Former bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo (Image: AP/Firdia Lisnawati) Timor-Leste is facing a dreadful reckoning with the scourge of child sexual abuse after revelations that one of its revolutionary …
The state of play – Social protection in the Pacific and Timor-Leste
There is a common perception that formal social protection is limited across the Pacific and that, once COVID-19 temporary measures end, communities will be left with no government support. However, …
Timor-Leste prods Australia on long-stalled gas project
MELBOURNE – Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China could all be interested in investing in a long-delayed gas project in the waters between Timor-Leste and Australia crucial to the Asian nation’s …
Timor-Leste Seeks U.S. Strategic Support In Natural Gas Development
Representatives of the tiny Indian Ocean nation of Timor-Leste were in the U.S. this week, seeking to secure American strategic and financial support of the development of a major offshore reservoir …
What Will It Take to Admit Timor-Leste Into ASEAN?
8 years after its membership application, Timor-Leste remains stuck in limbo. That says more about ASEAN than about Dili. More than eight years have gone by since Timor-Leste’s formal membership …
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: 2022 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report
Timor-Leste has made impressive strides in economic development and institution building. Yet, it is a low-income and fragile country with pressing development needs. A large fraction of the …
Timor-Leste: Drug policy should distinguish cannabis from dangerous drugs – president
Leste’s president on Thursday called for new drug policies for Timor-Leste that are more informed and free from the prejudices of the past …
Timor-Leste’s battle to profit from the Timor Sea’s oil and gas riches
Global affairs editor John Lyons reports from Timor-Leste. JOHN LYONS, REPORTER: In a nation as small as this, you never know who might turn up to watch the sun set. The return of Jose Ramos-Horta …