Jun 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
June 2017: Creating a Mining Code / Dezenvolve Kódigu Mineiru ba Timor-Leste (Eng/Tet)
May 2017: La'o Hamutuk Annual Report for 2016
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: Maritime boundary dispute with Australia with documents, submissions from LH and others, articles and photos
Apr 2017: Bobby Boye: Convict, Advisor and Fraud (also Tetum) sentenced to six years in prison; loses appeal; files lawsuit to overturn sentence
May 2017: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Timor-Leste: reports and background
Mar 2017: Second UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Human Rights in TL
Jan 2017: U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to re-engage in Timor-Leste
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: Rights and Sustainability: LH briefing on key issues facing TL.17 MB Powerpoint or 5 MB PDF
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)
December 2012: Perceiving Corruption Accurately - explaining TL's improvement on the Transparency Int'l Corruption Perceptions Index (on LH Blog)
November 2012: Aprezentasaun: Malisan Rekursu no Korrupsaun (mos PDF)
November 2012: La'o Hamutuk's ultimate letter to the UN Security Council about justice, sustainable development and not forgetting Timor-Leste (Tetum press release) and analysis of 13 years of SC meetings on TL
September 2012: Observations from Suai site of future petroleum supply base (also Tetum)
September 2012: List of members of 2012-2017 Parliament, with committees and telephone numbers
List of members of Fifth Constitutional Government with email addresses and telephone numbers
September 2012: LH letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her visit
August 2012: What it means to celebrate the 30th August statement from ANTI (also Indonesian)
August 2012: Komentáriu husi LH ba ezbosu ekuadramentu ba avaliasaun frajilidade Objetivu ba Harii Paz no Harii Estadu
August 2012: ANTI letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urging international action for justice for 1975-1999 crimes
July 2012: LH Relatóriu observasaun eleisaun Parlamentár tinan 2012
July 2012: Wading deeper into an oily swamp: IAB appointments and revelations (on LH blog)
July 2012: LH concerns about "Government of National Unity" (English/Tetum, also PDF)
July 2012: TL-related Wikileaks-released cables from U.S. embassies and State Department
June 2012: Resposta husi partidu politiku sira ba LH nia pregunta
June 2012: UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty on Timor-Leste, including blog summary, her report (also Portuguese and Tetum) and LH submission and video, Provedor and Gov't statements
June 2012: Pamfletu Perguntas Eleitores ba Kampaña Partidu Politiku sira (also English Questions for Voters to Ask Political Party Campaigns)
May 2012: How Timor-Leste got $10 billion ... and how quickly we will spend it all. (on LH blog)
May 2012: Civil Society statement to the TLDPM (Donor's Conference) (also Tetum)
May 2012: Information and documents for the 2012 TL and Development Partners Meeting
May 2012: LH Observers' report on Second Round of the Presidential Election (also Tetum)
May 2012: LH letter to Minister of Finance on Timor-Leste Transparency Model (also Tetum)
May 2012: Greater Sunrise LNG Project (also Tetum): recent developments, with links to history, references and documents.
April 2012: Resposta husi Kandidatu Prezidente Na'in Rua ba LH nia pergunta (mos PDF, English, and English PDF, and Portuguese PDF)
March 2012: Petroleum regulators get themselves better health care (also Tetum) (on LH blog)
March 2012: President vetoes three land laws passed by Parliament, with texts of laws and veto messages, and letter for Land Rights Network to Parliament (Tetum)
March 2012: Timor-Leste is going for broke (also Tetum) and Borrowing from the next generation (on LH blog)
March 2012: Timor-Leste is going into debt (also Tetum). Current information on loans in process.
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.
