Apr 2018: Early Parliamentary Election with documents, candidate lists, party platforms, commentary and other materials
Apr 2018: The National Curriculum for Preschool and Primary Education
Kurríkulu Nasionál ba Pre-eskolár no Ensinu Báziku
O Currículo Nacional para o Pré-Escolar e Ensino Básico
Mar 2018: La'o Hamutuk Annual Report for 2017
Mar 2018: Article on Timor-Leste-Australia maritime boundary treaty (also PDF, abridged blog or Tetum)
Mar 2018: Blog 18 Years later: Should Timor drop the U.S. dollar? (also Tetum)
Mar 2018: Maritime boundary dispute with Australia 2016-2018 and new treaty
Mar 2018: Maritime boundary dispute with Australia 2012-2016
Mar 2018: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Timor-Leste: reports and background
Feb 2018: Rights and Sustainability: LH briefing on key issues facing TL. 20 MB Powerpoint or 6 MB PDF
Feb 2018: Formation and program of 7th Constitutional Government (Eng/Tet)
Feb 2018: Information on the proposed and rejected rectification budget for 2017
Jan 2018: Regulating Onshore Petroleum Operations
Dec 2017: U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to re-engage in Timor-Leste
Oct 2017: LH Mid-Year Report, January-June 2017
Oct 2017: Polítika Agrikultura / Agriculture Policy in Timor-Leste
Oct 2017: Atualizasaun prosesu pakote Lei ba Rai iha Timor-Leste
Oct 2017: proposed Private Investment Law and Policy, including LH submission on the law and our second submission on the policy
Blog: Private investment is a road, not a destination (mos Tetum)
Blog: Private investment isn’t a panacea: We need investments which benefit Timor-Leste’s people, not only investors
Sep 2017: Statement of Solidarity for Rohingya Community from Timor-Leste (mós Tetum)
Sep 2017 blog: Copenhagen Agreement: Permanent Boundary or CMATS redux?
Konkordánsia Copenhagen: Fronteira Permanente ka Neo-CMATS?
Aug 2017: Parliamentary election: with pamphlet, laws, party lists, Relatoriu Observasaun, LH Letter to new MPs and other materials
July 2017: Blog: Who will be in Timor-Leste’s next Parliament? / Se sei tuir iha Parlamentu Nasionál?
July 2017: Blog: Governu nia planu sedu … atu antisipa buat ruma? / Advance planning … just in case
July 2017: presentations from the Timor-Leste Studies Association conference, with abstracts and papers by La'o Hamutuk and others
June 2017: Creating a Mining Code / Dezenvolve Kódigu Mineiru ba Timor-Leste (Eng/Tet)
May 2017: La'o Hamutuk observations for the Conference on the SDG Roadmap
Apr 2017: Presidential Election including pamphlet, radio program, TV interviews, results and observation report (also Tetum)
Apr 2017: Bobby Boye: Convict, Advisor and Fraud (also Tetum) sentenced to six years in prison; loses appeal; files lawsuit to overturn sentence
Mar 2017: Second UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Human Rights in TL
Dec 2016: General State Budget for 2017, including budget books and La'o Hamutuk submission (also Tetum), blog and invitation to public discussion
Nov 2016: Spinning straw into gold: Facts remain true, regardless of public relations; also Hafalun fatuk ho osan mean: Faktus mak faktus nafatin, maske relasaun públiku konta buat seluk
Nov 2016: Memória Masakre Santa Krús, Movimentu buka Justisa no Igualdade (also English)
Oct 2016: Street Vending: Threat to Social Order or Employment Opportunity?
Oct 2016: proposed tax reform, including LH submission (also Tetum) to Fiscal Reform Commission
July 2016: LH letter to President Taur Matan Ruak (also Tetum) asking him to veto the 2016 Budget Rectification
July 2016: LH submission (also blog and Tetum mós blog) on proposed 2016 Budget Rectification
July 2016: Revision of the Lifetime Pension laws, including La'o Hamutuk submission (Tetum)
July 2016: 2016 TL and Development Partners Meeting including comments from La'o Hamutuk (also Tetum)
Jun 2016: Blog: Suai Supply Base contract cancelled; it’s time to cancel the project.
Jun 2016: In-depth article on Public-Private Partnership for Tibar Port (English/Tetum). Also blog summary in English or Tetum.
Jun 2016: LH submission (Tet.) on draft law on Land Titles (Port.)
LH submission (Tet.) on draft Expropriation Law (Port.)
Also LH Blog on Titling Law (Tetum)
Report from PN Committee A on Expropriation Law (Port.)
Jun 2016: Blog: LH husu PDHJ atu haforsa implementasaun Lei Lisensamentu Ambientál no Karta aberta ba Provedoria (also English)
May 2016: Environmental Impacts of the proposed Betano oil refinery and open letter to TimorGAP
May 2016: Media Law, documents and commentary with Court Opinion and enacted law
Apr 2016: proposed law on employment in extractive industries (empregu iha atividades estrativas), inklui submisaun husi LH (Tetum)
Mar 2016: Extensive page on the 2016 state budget, with documents, submissions and articles in English, Tetum and Portuguese
Feb 2016: Reports and data on Timor-Leste's Petroleum Fund
Jan 2016: ANTI press release: We welcome the President of Indonesia to Timor-Leste, but cannot forget cases of crimes against humanity. (Also Tetum and Bahasa Indonesia)
Dec 2015: Hyundai E&C’s history of corruption (blog)
Dec 2015: TL's Human Development Index is dropping, but data is lacking (blog)
Nov 2015: A luta kontinua! 40 years and more. Presentation to Independence Day Dinner of the Australia-East Timor Association
Nov 2015: Fiscal Strategies and their Implications for Wealth Distribution presentation at ANU Timor-Leste Update conference (also PowerPoint and black/white PDF)
Oct 2015: La'o Hamutuk presentation from public discussion of the Tasi Mane Project (also Tetum, English PDF and Tetum PDF)
Sep 2015: TL falls short on Open Budget Index 2015 (blog, also Tetum, English PDF, Tetum PDF, scorecard)
July 2015: Riches Beyond Imagination debunking exaggerated claims of TL's economic strength (blog)
June 2015: Oil running out is reality, not propaganda (LH letter to Members of Parliament) (also blog and Tetum)
June 2015: Can the Petroleum Fund Exorcise the Resource Curse from TL? (updated)
Aug 2015: 2015 TL and Development Partners Meeting, including civil society submissions (also Tetum)
June 2015: How Long Will the Petroleum Fund Carry Timor-Leste? with 2014 paper (also Tetum) and other materials
Also new article How long will Timor-Leste's Petroleum Fund Last? (update) (and blog)
Apr 2015: Timor-Leste's oil and gas are going fast / Mina-rai no gas Timor-Leste nian besik hotu ho lalais (also blog in English or Tetum)
Apr 2015: LH submission to Parliament on 2015 Budget Revision (also Tetum, Komunikadu Imprensa)
Mar 2015: General State Budget for 2015 (including Gov't Program, proposed rectification, substitute text and other documents and analysis)
Mar 2015: Proposed LNG Plant in Beaçu, including LH letter urging cancelling of design contract tender (also Tetum and blog)
Mar 2015: Is Fiscal Policy Sustainable? presentation (also PDF), also Polítika Fiskál Sustentavel ka lae? (PDF)
Feb 2015: LH Blog: letter urging consideration of lower oil prices in revision of 2015 State Budget (also Tetum) and Ministry of Finance response (also Tetum)
Feb 2015: LH Blog: Transparency Initiative (EITI) gets a little more opaque (also Tetum)
Feb 2015: LH Blog: It takes more than money to achieve development: Lessons for and from Timor-Leste (also Tetum)
Feb 2015: Resource list on Executive Interference in Timor-Leste's Judicial System
Dec 2014: TL government blocks publication of IMF Article IV report for 2014
Nov 2014: Presentations from seminar on Poverty and Timor-Leste's Economic Development Strategy by La'o Hamutuk, Monash University researchers, Ministry of Finance and ADB
Oct 2014: La'o Hamutuk organizational report for January-June 2014
August 2014: LH letter asking the Court of Appeals to audit the TimorGAP national oil company
July 2014: LH Presentation to TLDPM on Economic Sector (also Tetum)
Links to most documents from the 2014 TL and Development Partners Meeting
July 2014: Special Economic Zone / Zona Ekonómiku Espesiál iha Oecusse (ZEESM, aka ZEEMS)
July 2014: LH submission to ANP consultation on draft regulations for TL Exclusive Area and Model Production Sharing Contracts
July 2014: Poverty and the Agricultural Household: Some patterns and puzzles, paper by Australian researchers and La'o Hamutuk comment (English/Tetum)
May 2014: LH blog: Environmental Licensing: Who needs it?
April 2014: LH blog Checking the Petroleum Regulators (mos Kontrolu ba Reguladór Petróleu sira) about Tribunal da Contas audit of National Petroleum Authority
April 2014: LH blog The Double Digit disappears (mos Double digit lakon ona) on lower GDP estimates
March 2014: LH blog Oil production inevitably declines (mos Labele evita produsaun petróleu atu tun)
November 2013: Presentations to Seminar and Conference at Australian National University on economics and sustainability
12 November 2013: ANTI: Truth and Justice are the Foundations of Democracy (also Tetum, Indonesian, Portuguese)
October 2013: Blog article about LH letter (also Tetum) protesting award of school furniture contract to Chinese Nuclear Industry Construction Company No. 22
September 2013: What's the Point of Transparency? (also Tetum) explores EITI in Timor-Leste and elsewhere
July 2013: LH presentations to academic conferences on Suai Supply Base (Tetum), Land (Tetum), Maritime Boundaries (Tetum), Seed Policy (Tetum) and Petroleum Fund Sustainability (English also spreadsheet) (PowerPoints here)
June 2013: Consumer Price Index revision including LH submission and revised methodology
June 2013: Index page to Reference DVD-ROM (mós Tetum) with resources, websites and other information (also available as a DVD from La'o Hamutuk's office)
June 2013: Suai Supply Base (also Tetum) including EIAs, financing, and detailed analysis
May 2013: Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia's relationship with Timor-Leste, including submissions from La'o Hamutuk and others, hearing transcripts
May 2013: Dili Launch of UN ESCAP Survey (including Minister of Commerce speech, La'o Hamutuk comment)
May 2013: Timor-Leste and ASEAN article by Douglas Kammen
May 2013: Public-Private Partnerships for Dili airport and Tibar port (mós Tetum) with presentations from IFC/Government infrastructure conference and other information
May 2013: Petroleum Production Sharing Contracts in Timor-Leste (ho Tetum), with links to most contracts
April 2013: List and links to trainings and presentations by La'o Hamutuk on many topics in Tetum and English
April 2013: Presentation on sources of information for journalists (15 MB) (also handout), also Tetum presentation and handout
April 2013: Interesting items on TL's Procurement Portal (Eng/Tet), including presentation (PDF English or Tetum, PowerPoint English or Tetum) on indications of maladministration or corruption; also spreadsheet of data from the Portal
March 2013: National Impact of Veterans Pensions (PDF English or Tetum, PowerPoint English or Tetum), also LH blog (English or Tetum)
February 2013: Terminasaun Tratadu CMATS no nia implikasaun ba Timor-Leste / Implications for Timor-Leste of Terminating the CMATS Treaty and presentation (Tetum PowerPoint ka PDF) (English PowerPoint or PDF)
La'o Hamutuk (Walking Together in English) is a Timor-Leste non-governmental organization that monitors, analyzes, and reports on the principal international institutions and systems engaged in Timor-Leste as they relate to the physical, economic, and social reconstruction and development of the country. La'o Hamutuk believes that the people of Timor-Leste must be the ultimate decision-makers in this process and that this process should be democratic and transparent. La'o Hamutuk is an independent organization and works to facilitate effective Timorese participation, to improve communication between the international community and Timorese society, to provide resources on alternative development models, and to facilitate links between Timorese groups and groups abroad.
La'o Hamutuk welcomes reprinting articles or graphics from our website and Bulletin without charge, but we would like to be notified and given credit for our work.
After ten years in Farol, La'o Hamutuk moved to Bebora, Dili (between Vila Verde and Bairro Pite) in 2011. Click on the map below to see it larger.
