TY  - BOOK
ED  - Bovensiepen, Judith
AB  - For the people of Timor-Leste, independence promised a fundamental transformation from foreign occupation to self-rule, from brutality to respect for basic rights, and from poverty to prosperity. In the eyes of the country’s political leaders, revenue from the country’s oil and gas reserves is the means by which that transformation could be effected. Over the past decade, they have formulated ambitious plans for state-led development projects and rapid economic growth. Paradoxically, these modernist visions are simultaneously informed by and contradict ideas stemming from custom, religion, accountability and responsibility to future generations. This book explores how the promise of prosperity informs policy and how policy debates shape expectations about the future in one of the world’s newest and poorest nation-states.
DO  - 10.22459/PP.2018
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1002643
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1082957587
KW  - Timor-Leste
KW  - Social Policy
KW  - Economic Development
KW  - Oil
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/72cc3e86-d276-4762-a3eb-e8e5286784f7/promise.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27365
PB  - ANU Press
PY  - 2018
SN  - 9781760462529
TI  - The Promise of Prosperitynull
ER  - 
