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  "title": "Democratic Republic of Timor Leste: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, July 28, 2003",
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  "summary": "The financial system of Timor-Leste was disrupted by the postreferrendum turmoil. Therefore, various steps were taken to restore the financial system. In this paper, major oil/gas fields and their development, fiscal arrangements governing oil/gas activities, and the oil/gas revenues are discussed.",
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      "heading": "Financial system disruption and restoration",
      "content": "- The financial system of Timor-Leste was disrupted by the postreferrendum turmoil.\n- Various steps were taken to restore the financial system."
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    {
      "heading": "Oil and gas: fields, development, fiscal arrangements, and revenues",
      "content": "- Major oil/gas fields and their development are discussed.\n- Fiscal arrangements governing oil/gas activities are analyzed.\n- Oil/gas revenues are presented and examined."
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    {
      "heading": "Fiscal and quasi-fiscal governance",
      "content": "- Fiscal and quasi-fiscal operations in Timor-Leste are governed by:\n  - the central government,\n  - nonfinancial autonomous agencies,\n  - multilateral institutions,\n  - bilateral donors."
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    {
      "heading": "Statistical summary and coverage",
      "content": "- The study summarizes statistical data on:\n  - economic indicators,\n  - GDP by sectoral origin and by expenditure,\n  - consumer price index,\n  - monetary survey,\n  - oil/gas revenues,\n  - tax system,\n  - and other related statistics."
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      "heading": "Subjects and keywords",
      "content": "- Subjects: Civil service, Commodities, Currencies, Electricity, Expenditure, Labor, Money, Oil\n- Keywords: Civil service, core activity, CR, Currencies, Electricity, gas revenue, government, government ministry, ISCR, Oil, planning, power authority, revenue, U.S. dollar\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. \"Democratic Republic of Timor Leste: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2003, 228 (2003).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Democratic Republic of Timor Leste:  Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix - ISCR/03/228\n  - Democratic Republic of Timor Leste:  Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix - ISCR/03/228 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Democratic Republic of Timor Leste:  Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix - ISCR/03/228 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451837278.002",
    "The financial system of Timor-Leste was disrupted by the postreferrendum turmoil.",
    "Various steps were taken to restore the financial system.",
    "Major oil/gas fields and their development are discussed.",
    "Fiscal arrangements governing oil/gas activities are analyzed.",
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    "The study summarizes statistical data on:",
    "Subjects: Civil service, Commodities, Currencies, Electricity, Expenditure, Labor, Money, Oil",
    "Keywords: Civil service, core activity, CR, Currencies, Electricity, gas revenue, government, government ministry, ISCR, Oil, planning, power authority, revenue, U.S. dollar",
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