This page links to many key resources about Timor-Leste's budget, economy, society and petroleum development. Links are to pages in English except where noted.  Many documents have been copied to La'o Hamutuk's website, which includes internet addresses where appropriate. In some cases the local links will not work from the internet, as the files were too large to post on our website. Click on any graphic on this page to see it larger.

Contents of this page:

• State Budgets and related documents (including budget execution reports and procurement information)

• Key pages on La'o Hamutuk's website

• Documents from the Government of Timor-Leste, including Statistics, 2010 Census and 2015 Census

• Analysis and commentary on Timor-Leste's economy and other topics

• Global and regional reports on economics and statistics

• Oil and gas in Timor-Leste and around the world

• Material from other sources

La'o Hamutuk web pages about the General State Budget

• 2019 General State Budget (Eng/Tetum)

• 2017-2018 General State Budgets (Eng/Tetum)

• 2016 General State Budget, including rectification (Eng/Tetum)

• 2015 General State Budget, including rectification (Eng/Tetum)

• 2014 General State Budget (Eng/Tetum)

• 2013 General State Budget (Eng/Tetum)

• 2012 mid-year budget rectification (Eng/Tetum)   2012 original (also Tetum)

• 2011 (also Tetum)

• 2010 mid-year budget rectification      2010 original

• 2009

• 2008 mid-year budget rectification      2008 original

Budget Books for 2019 Duodecimal budget (Jan-? 2019)

Budget Books for proposed 2019 budget (Nov. 2018, amended, passed and vetoed)

Budget Books for 2018 budget (Aug. & Nov. 2018)

Budget Books for 2018 Duodecimal budget (Jan-Sep 2018)

Budget Books for proposed 2017 rectification budget (never enacted)

Budget Books for 2017 state budget (February 2017)

Budget Books for 2016 rectification budget (July 2016)

Budget Books for 2016 state budget (March 2016)

Budget Books for 2015 rectification budget (May 2015)

Budget Books for original 2015 budget (January 2015 and October 2014)

Budget Books for 2014 budget

Budget Books for 2013 budget

Laws and legal documents relating to public finances

• RDTL Constitution (also Portuguese and Tetum)

• Petroleum Fund Law (also Portuguese) no. 9/2005
  2011 revision to Petroleum Fund Law (also Portuguese) no. 12/2011

• Budget and Financial Management Law (also Portuguese) no. 13/2009 revised in 2011

• Law for 2013 General State Budget (also Portuguese) no. 16/2011

• Infrastructure Fund Decree-Law (also Portuguese) no. 8/2011

• National Development Agency (ADN) Decree-Law (also Portuguese) no. 11/2011

• Human Capital Development Fund Decree-Law (also Portuguese)  no.12/2011 and internal rules for the FDCH (Port.)

Reports about budget execution ( http://www.mof.gov.tl/budget-spending/budget-execution/?lang=en )

• Transparency Portal on budget execution: http://www.transparency.gov.tl/english.html

• 2015 Quarterly Fiscal Bull.: Gov't Finance Stats Jan-Mar 2015, Apr-Jun 2015, Jul-Sep 2015, Sep-Dec 2015
            Chart of Accounts Jan-Mar 2015, Apr-Jun 2015,  Jul-Sep 2015, Sep-Dec 2015

• 2014 Quarterly Fiscal Bulletin: Gov't Finance Stats Jan-Mar 2014,  Apr-Jun 2014,  Jul-Sep 2014,  Oct-Dec 2014
            Chart of Accounts Jan-Mar 2014,  Apr-Jun 2014,  Jul-Sep 2014,  Oct-Dec 2014

• 2013 Quarterly Fiscal Bulletin: Gov't Finance Stats Jul-Sep 2013,  Oct-Dec 2013
            Chart of Accounts Jul-Sep 2013,  Oct-Dec 2013

• Budget Execution reports

  • 2018: Jan-Mar, Jan-Jun, Jan-Sep

  • 2017: Jan-Mar, Jan-Jun, Jan-Sep

  • 2016: Jan-Mar, Jan-Jun, Jan-Sep

  • 2015: Jan-15 Feb, Jan-Mar, Jan-Jun, Jan-Sep

  • 2014: Jan-Mar, Jan-Jun, Jan-Sep

  • 2013: Jan-Mar (Eng. summary), Jan-Jun (Eng. summary), Jan-Sep

  • 2012: Jan-Mar, Jan-Jun, Jan-Sep, Appeals Court on General State Accts (Port.)

  • Prior years (quarterly reports on budget web pages)  2011,  2010,  2009,  2008

• Court of Appeals Opinions on General State Accounts (Portuguese): 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 (also English),  2010 (also English)

• 2011 General State Accounts (with commentary and documents)

• Report on donor spending Jan-Jun 2010.  Handover reports available for 2012 for each donor.

Reports about procurement

• Transparency Portal on procurement: http://www.eprocurement.gov.tl/public/indexeprtl?&lang=en

• LH: Interesting items on Timor-Leste's Procurement Portal with links to many documents and highlights, including Deloitte audit reports

• Spreadsheet of items downloaded from the portal (Excel)

Relevant topics on La'o Hamutuk website ( http://www.laohamutuk.org )

• 2018 Early elections

• Trainings and presentations by La'o Hamutuk

• Petroleum Fund (with links to BCTL and MoF reports) and revision of the Petroleum Fund Law

• Special Economic Zone in Oecusse

• Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

• Overdue petroleum taxes and Bobby Boye's alleged fraud

• National Strategic Development Plan

• Borrowing from foreign lenders

• Public-Private Partnership for Tibar port

• Public-Private Partnership for Dili Airport

• 2016 Donors Conference (Development Partners Meeting), also 2015,  2014,  2013,  2012,  2011,  2010,  2009,  2008

• Heavy oil national electricity project

• Maritime boundaries

• Production Sharing Contracts for oil and gas exploration, and the Kitan project

• Sunrise LNG, also LH book Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste: Dreams, Realities and Challenges (2008)

• Tasi Mane petroleum infrastructure project and Suai Supply Base

• TimorGAP National Oil Company

• Environment

• Land Rights

Documents from Timor-Leste's Government

• Demographics and Health Survey 2016 (DHS) Key findings (April 2018); also Preliminary Key Indicators (Oct 2017)
  Older DHS 2009-2010.   Wealth quintiles in each district

• Labour Market Outlook Timor-Leste (November 2018) Also Feb 2018.

• Poverty in Timor-Leste 2014 (report based on Living Standards Survey, released September 2016), also presentation (Tetum), poster, press release (also Tetum and Portuguese).

• Timor-Leste National Accounts 2000-2016 (released December 2017)
  Older reports: 2010-2015, 2000-2014, 2000-2013,  2000-2012,  2000-2011 and 2004-2010 (and methodology) 

• Labor Force Survey 2013 (April 2015).  Also LFS 2010

• Each Municipality (District) in Numbers 2013 (April 2015) Aileu, Ainaro, Baucau, Bobonaro, Covalima, Dili, Ermera, Lautem, Liquica, Manatuto,  Manufahi, Oecussi, Viqueque

• Program of Sixth Constitutional Government for 2015-2017 (March 2015)
  100 Days report of Sixth Constitutional Government (June 2015)

• Organic Law of Sixth Constitutional Government (March 2015)

• Public Expenditure Review on Infrastructure (jointly with World Bank, March 2015). Also press release, slides.

• Millennium Development Goals Report 2014 (Sep 2014)

• Situation Analysis of Children in Timor-Leste (released Sep 2014), also Executive Summary

• Business Activities Survey 2016 (released January 2018)
  Older reports: 2015 (also tables), 2014,  2013,  2012,  2011 (also Tetum), and 2010 (also Tetum)

• Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2011 (released June 2013)

• Series 2 Consumer Price Index, including 2013 reports and change in methodology (May 2013) http://dne.mof.gov.tl/cpi/index.htm

• Yellow Road (budget) workshop presentations and documents (May 2013)

• National Strategic Development Plan (July 2011) and Five-Year Plan of Fifth Constitutional Government (Aug. 2012)

• Ministry of Finance Strategic Plan (also Tetum) (June 2012)

• Ministry of Finance Annual Report 2016,  2012

• DGS (Directorate-General for Statistics) External Trade Statistics: 2016,  2015,  2014,  2013,  2012,  2011,  2010,  2009 and April 2012,  May 2012,  June 2012

• DGS Quarterly Statistical Indicators: 3q2018, 2q2018, 1q2018, 4q2017, 3q2017, 2q2017, 1q2017, 4q2016, 3q2016, 2q2016, 1q2016, 3q2015, 2q2015, 1q2015, 4q2014, 3q2014, 2q2014, 1q2014, 4q2013,  3q2013,  2q2013, 1q2013,  4q2012,  2q2012

• DGS Timor-Leste in Figures  2017,  2016,  2015,  2014,  2013,  2012,  2011

• DGS Inflation: Consumer Price Index (2013: January, February, March, April)
  (Dili Dec 2011,  March 2012,  October 2012,  December 2012)
  (national 4Q 2011,  1Q2012,  2Q2012, 3Q2012,  4Q2012)

• Ministry of Finance Quarterly inflation review: 2q2018, 4q2017, 3q2017, 2q2017, 1q2017 (Tet), 4q2016, 3q2016, 2q2016, 1q2016, 4q2015, 3q2015, 2q2015, 1q2015

• Inflation in Timor-Leste (also Tetum)  (Paper by Ministry of Finance, February 2012, since withdrawn)

• TL Living Standards Survey statistical abstract (2007)

Data and reports from the 2015 Census

• Preliminary population and housing results (Oct. 2015)

• Wall poster with summary data by sub-districts (Nov. 2016)

• DGE Presentation at launch of results (Nov. 2016)

• Spreadsheets with zipped data from Census books (Nov. 2016)

  • Volume 2  (population, age, sex, nationality, language, marriage, etc.)

  • Volume 3  (education, occupation, fertility, disability, mortality, etc.)

  • Volume 4  (age, school, housing and agriculture in detail)

• Births and Deaths Statistics Report 2014-2015 (May 2017)

• 11 Monograph on Education (English, Mar 2018)

  • Presentation (English or Tetum)

  • Fact sheet (English or Tetum)

• 5 Analytical report on Fertility (English, Aug 2018)

  • Summary

• 6 Analytical report on Mortality (English, Aug 2018)

  • Summary

• Summaries (English) of forthcoming reports on Youth, Gender, Marital Status and Labor Force

• Other publications from the 2015 Census are on the DGS website, including suco-level reports

Data and reports from the 2010 Census

• Census 2010 on DGS website

• Census Fo Fila Fali (suco reports) on MF website

Analysis and commentary on Timor-Leste

• Many items on La'o Hamutuk's blog

• ADB Country Partnership Strategy 2016-2020 and Fact Sheet on Timor-Leste (April 2016)

• Growing the Non-Oil Economy: A Private Sector Assessment for Timor-Leste (Asian Development Bank, July 2015)

• Public Expenditure Review on Infrastructure (joint Ministry of Finance/World Bank, March 2015). Also press release, slides.

• Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment for TL (May 2014)
  Older PEFAs from 2010 and 2007

• ADB Dili Bulletin Oct. 2012, July 2012
  For ADB information on Timor-Leste, see http://www.adb.org/countries/timor-leste/main

• Global Integrity Report on Timor-Leste (August 2014). For original see https://www.globalintegrity.org/global/the-global-integrity-report-2013/timor-leste/

• Human Rights report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty (June 2012)

• IMF press release on 2019 Article IV mission (Jan 2019)
  IMF press release on 2017 Article IV mission (Oct 2017) and Article IV report (2017) (Dec 2017)
  IMF press release on staff visit (Nov 2016)
  IMF press release on 2016 Article IV mission, presentation prior to their departure (Feb 2016) and Article IV report (2016) (Jun 2016)
  IMF press release on 2014 Article IV mission (Jun 2014) and Executive Board Press Release (Oct 2014). The report itself was not released.
  Press release on IMF Article IV mission in June 2013, Executive Board Report (Nov 2013), Article IV report (2013) (Dec 2013)
  IMF Article IV report (2011, text) (Feb 2012; there was no 2012 consultation) (includes Debt Sustainability Analysis).  Also 2010 report, text
  IMF Standards and Codes Report (ROSC) and Public Financial Management (PFM) Performance Report (2010)
  For IMF information on Timor-Leste, see http://www.imf.org/external/country/TLS/index.htm

• Open Budget Index 2017 report on Timor-Leste (press release, mos Tetum)
  Open Budget Index 2015 report and LH blog explaining it (also Tetum, English PDF, Tetum PDF)
  http://internationalbudget.org/opening-budgets/open-budget-initiative/open-budget-survey/publications-2/full-report/
  Open Budget Index 2012 report (also Portuguese) and LH blog explaining it.
  http://internationalbudget.org/what-we-do/open-budget-survey/
  Open Budget Index 2010 report and Questionnaire

• Timor-Leste Country Profile from Transparency International (Feb. 2015)

• UNDP National Human Development Report for TL "Planning the Opportunities for a Youthful Population" (2018)  
  Previous national HDRs: Managing Natural Resources for Human Development: Developing the non-oil economy to achieve the MDGs (2011), The Path out of Poverty: Integrated rural development (2006),  Ukun Rasik A'an: The way ahead (2002)
  For UNDP information on Timor-Leste, see http://www.tl.undp.org/timor_leste/en/home.html

• UNESCO scorecard on education indicators in Timor-Leste (Dec. 2015)

• US Millennium Challenge Corporation 2018 scorecard (Nov. 2017). LH's MCC webpage has previous scorecards, historic information and analysis.
  http://www.mcc.gov/pages/countries/program/timor-leste-threshold-program

• World Bank 2013-2017 Country Partnership Strategy for Timor-Leste, Feb, 2013
  For World Bank information on Timor-Leste, see http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/timor-leste

• World Bank Timor-Leste Economic Report, October 2018   Also March 2018

• World Bank Systematic Country Diagnostic, March 2018

International reports with statistical economic data

• World Bank Riding the Wave: An East Asian Miracle for the 21st Century (Dec. 2017)

• IMF World Economic Outlook Oct.2015 (statistics)
  Also Apr.2015 (stats), also Apr.2013 (stats), also Oct. 2012 (stats), Sept 2011 (statistics),  April 2011 (stats) and Jan 2012 update
  http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=29

• IMF Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific (Oct. 2018)
  also Apr 2018

• TL data from Asian Development Bank "Key Indicators 2015" (Oct.2015)

• Transparency International Corruptions Perceptions Index 2018 (statistics),
  also 2017 (stats) 2016 (stats), 2015 (stats), 2014 (stats), 2013 (stats and blog), 2012 (stats and blog), 2011 (stats)
  http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi

• UNDP Global Human Development Report 2015 (also statistics, TL Profile and TL note and LH blog)
  UNDP Global Human Development Report 2014 (also statistics, TL Profile and TL note)
  UNDP Global Human Development Report 2013 (also statistics and TL specific)
  UNDP Global Human Development Report 2011 (also statistics, PowerPoint and TL specific)
  Also 2010 (stats and report).   http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2013/

• UNICEF Improving Child Nutrition, 2013  (TL pages)

• World Bank World Development Indicators 2015 (Apr. 2015) Also statistics in Excel (80 MB) and TL statistics
  Older World Bank World Development Report 2013 (jobs), World Development Indicators global statistics (Apr. 2013) (Nov 2013 stats in Excel, 80MB) also TL stats 2000-2010
  The most recent WB WDI are at http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators

• World Bank/IFC Doing Business 2018 (also TL specific).
  Also  Doing Business 2017 (also TL specific), DB2016 (also TL specific), DB2015 (TL specific), 2014 (TL specific), 2013 (g7+ and TL specific), 2012 (TL specific). For current info see http://www.doingbusiness.org/reports

• PriceWaterhouseCoopers/WB Paying Taxes 2017, also 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012 (dubious data). For current info see http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/paying-taxes/

• World Bank statistics on immigration, Governance, GNI, health, Millennium Development Goals (Oct.2011)

• World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015, also 2012-2013, 2011 TL. Later reports do not include TL.

Regional reports with TL statistics

• Asian Development Bank Asian Development Outlook Update Also TL pages (Sep 2018)
  Also ADB Asian Development Outlook 2018 Also TL pages (April 2018)
  Also ADB ADO 2017, TL pages (April 2017) and ADB ADO Update (Sep 2017)
  Also ADB ADO 2016, press release and TL pages (March 2016)
  Also ADB ADO 2015 and TL pages (March 2015)
  Also ADB ADO 2014 Update and Key Indicators (Sep 2014)
  TL pages in ADO 2014 Full report, highlights and statistical appendix (April 2014), ADB Asian Development Outlook 2013

• ADB Pacific Economic Monitor (Dec 2018), also Jul 2018, Dec 2017, Jul 2017, Dec 2016, Dec 2015, Dec 2014, July 2014, Mar 2013, Dec 2012, Jul 2012, Dec 2011, Jul 2011, Feb 2011

• ADB Asia Economic Monitor (Dec.2011)  http://beta.adb.org/publications/series/pacific-economic-monitor

• World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update October 2018 (Timor-Leste pages only)
  also Apr 2018 (TL pages), Oct 2017 (TL pages), Apr 2017 (TL pages, press release), Apr 2016 (TL pages), Oct 2015 (TL pages), April 2015 (TL pages), April 2014 (TL pages), Apr. 2013,  Oct. 2012,  May 2012 (stats),  Nov. 2011 (appendix), March 2011   http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/eap-economic-update

• UN ESCAP 2013 Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific

• ANZ Pacific Quarterly (Nov.2011) and Pacific Monthly July 2011  Sep.2011  Oct.2011  http://www.anz.com/corporate/research/international-economics/pacific-research/

Information about oil and gas in Timor-Leste

• Petroleum Fund on La’o Hamutuk's website 

• Quarterly and monthly PF reports from the Central Bank  http://www.bancocentral.tl/PF/Reports.asp
  Annual PF reports from the Ministry of Finance: 2017, 2016,  2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008

• Annual reports from the now-defunct Timor Sea Designated Authority (TSDA): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

• Revenue reports from National Petroleum and Minerals Authority (ANPM): http://www.anp-tl.org/webs/anptlweb.nsf/vwLafaekFTPListl
  Annual reports from ANPM: 2017,  2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 (also Tetum),  2009,  2008
  Quarterly 2011 (Tetum):  Jan-Mar,  Apr-Jun,  Jul-Sep,  Oct-Dec

• Annual EITI reports: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 (also Tetum) and 2008 (also Tetum)  (http://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/EITI/10EITIindex.htm)

• Annual reports from TimorGAP national oil company: 2017, 2016,  2015,  2014,  2013,  2011-2012,

• TimorGAP financial statements: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011-2012.

• Production Sharing Contracts, also Kitan or Sunrise (also Tetum)

• Quarterly reports from Santos:  4Q2013, 3Q2013, 2Q2013, 1Q2013,  4Q2012, 3Q2012, 2Q2012, 1Q2012, 4Q2011, 3Q2011, 2Q2011,  1Q2011  about Bayu-Undan production and sales (listed as "Bonaparte")  http://www.santos.com/share-price-performance/company-reporting.aspx

• Revenues from Laminaria-Corallina that Woodside helped Australia steal from Timor-Leste

• LH web pages on Petroleum Fund, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), Overdue petroleum taxes, Maritime boundaries, Production Sharing Contracts, Kitan project, Sunrise LNG, Tasi Mane project, Suai Supply Base, TimorGAP National Oil Company

Information on the global oil industry (English)

• Natural Resource Governance Index 2017 (also Timor-Leste scores)

• BP World Energy Review 2018 (also statistics) (June 2018)
  Also old BP 2017 WER (stats), BP 2016 WER (stats), BP 2015 WER (stats)  BP 2014 WER (stats),  BP 2013 WER (stats),  BP 2012 WER (stats)

• Fraser Institute Global Petroleum Survey 2016 about perceptions from companies (also 2014, 2013 and 2012)
  http://www.fraserinstitute.org

US Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (February 2018)  (earlier AEO2017, AEO 2016, AEO 2015. AEO 2014 and 2013)
Also International Energy Outlook (May 2016), IEO 2014, IEO 2013, IEO 2011 and IEO 2010,  http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/ieo/index.cfm

• US Energy Information Administration Short-Term Energy Outlook (updated monthly)

• Crude oil world market prices (updated daily)

Other resources

• UNMIT directory of Timor-Leste state officials (Dec. 2012)
  UNMIT last reports on Governance (June 2012), Local Governance (May 2012) and key TL institutions (Dec. 2011)

• Overseas Development Institute materials on Public Finance in Developing Countries

• World Bank's independent self-evaluation of their work in TL 2000-2010 and Government response

Other websites (require internet connection)

• La'o Hamutuk's blog

• Transparency Portal

• Government website

• Jornal da Republica (Official gazette, Portuguese, including UNMIT English/Portuguese Legal Reference Material)

• Ministry of Finance website

• General Directorate of Statistics website

• Ministry of Justice website

• Central Bank reports on the Petroleum Fund

• ANP revenues

• IADE database of Timor-Leste businesses

• Santos oil and gas company

• UNMIT website (frozen)

• Google translate

The Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis (La’o Hamutuk)
Institutu Timor-Leste ba Analiza no Monitor ba Dezenvolvimentu
Rua D. Alberto Ricardo, Bebora, Dili, Timor-Leste
P.O. Box 340, Dili, Timor-Leste
Tel: +670-3321040 or +670-77234330
email: laohamutuk@gmail.com    Web: http://www.laohamutuk.org    Blog: laohamutuk.blogspot.com