Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

July 25, 2005

Summary

This Selected Issues paper provides an overview of past growth performance and an assessment of the outlook for growth in Timor-Leste. It identifies impediments to growth and discusses policies that would contribute to the accelerated rates of growth needed to reduce poverty and unemployment and the other objectives of the National Development Plan. The paper reviews the macroeconomic challenges commonly faced by oil/gas exporters. It discusses Timor-Leste’s oil/gas revenue outlook, and plans for managing the oil/gas wealth through a natural resource (petroleum) fund and a saving policy.

Subject: Commodities, Currencies, Environment, Expenditure, Money, National accounts, Natural resources, Oil, Public investment spending

Keywords: agency EDTL, Asia and Pacific, business representative, business-government forum, CR, Currencies, economy, fund, gas revenue, Global, government, government administration, government of Timor-Leste, ISCR, Natural resources, Oil, Public investment spending, revenue, Timor-Leste economy, Timor-Leste move

Pages:
68
Volume:
2005
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451837322.002
Issue:
250
Series:
Country Report No. 2005/250
Stock No:
1TLSEA2005004
ISBN:
9781451837322
ISSN:
1934-7685

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