The Timor-Leste country strategic plan (CSP) covers the three-year period from 2018 to 2020. The scope of this CSP evaluation, however, covers 2015 to mid-2019, to take into account previous …
Can Timor-Leste Move Away From an Oil-Based Economy?
Timor-Leste has so far applied this approach … Matan Ruak stated that income from agriculture would not be able to finance government activities in the short term. Considering the recent …
Forty-five years on, secrets of the Balibo atrocity haunt Australia
When five Australian journalists were slaughtered, few of our politicians spoke for them. It’s time to make amends for our decades of dark secrets in Timor-Leste.
And Now, a Bright Spot: Timor-Leste Weathers a Pandemic
Leste is a young nation and a poor one, but its response to Covid-19 has been focused, disciplined, and remarkably effective. A new public-perceptions survey shows that the government and the public …
Timor-Leste Covid-19 Survey – July 2020
The Covid-19, or coronavirus, global pandemic has required huge responses from governments all over the world. Timor-Leste has its own unique requirements when addressing an event of this magnitude.
ASEAN appreciates Timor-Leste’ resolve to join bloc
Participants to the 10th meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council Working Group (ACCWG) The ASEAN Coordinating Council Working Group (ACCWG) convened the 10th meeting in the form of a video …
Australia’s global aid budget falls – but Pacific and Timor-Leste get a Covid fighting fund
Official development assistance declines to $4bn, boosted by $304m over two years to help region recover …
Food everywhere, but nothing to eat: Timor-Leste is going hungry and the answer may be innovation
When Filipe da Costa started to learn about the health of his nation, he was confused. By most measures, Timor-Leste was falling into the …
Australian government cites ‘chilling effect’ on cabinet in bid to block release of papers in Timor-Leste spy case
Attorney general’s lawyers say they should not have to provide the documents, including briefing for prime minister, because it is not in public interest …
Let’s Read Without Limits: Building a Reading Movement in Timor-Leste
More than any other point in history, technology is a promising tool with the potential to accelerate development in countries around the world. If attention is not paid to offline communities, …