This book explores the institutional choicesavailable to Timor-Leste to manage their naturalresource wealth wisely and avoid the resource curse.Timor-Leste is a poor country and its challenge is touse its large per capita resource wealth to alleviatepoverty and enable sustainable development.Timor-Leste's Petroleum Fund Law and other mechanismsto manage petroleum revenue are examined. Thesemechanisms appear to be resilient, but remainuntested. Based on field interviews in Timor-Leste,the study offers insights into the opinions of EastTimorese and foreign advisers about how Timor-Leste'spetroleum revenue should be managed, and how a poorcountry can raise the living standards of its people.
Produktkennzeichnungen
ISBN-10
3639139828
ISBN-13
9783639139822
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73532733
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
Produktart
Lehrbuch
Sprache
Englisch
Anzahl der Seiten
312 Seiten
Verlag
Vdm Verlag
Publikationsname
Timor Leste-Sustainable Development Or Resourcecursed?
Autor
Jennifer Drysdale
Format
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsjahr
2009
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
Hörbuch
No
Inhaltsbeschreibung
Paperback
Item Length
15cm
Item Height
2cm
Item Width
4cm
Item Weight
482g
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