Surat Popular: Ita labele husik dezenvolvimentu estraga ita-nia moris no ambiente (12/18)
Presentation Aprende hamutuk esperiénsia aat kona ba violasaun lisensamentu ambientál husi implementasaun projetu boot sira (mos PDF) (12/18)
Blog: Lisensamentu Ambientál – hodi proteje ita hotu
LHB Lisensamentu Ambientál - Hodi Proteje Ita Hotu (11/18)
LHB Labele Hamosu Konflitu Interese iha Prosesu Lisensamentu Ambientál (11/18)
Blog Timor-Leste nia tasi tenke mantein nudár area protejidu ba ikan-baleia no golfiñu / Timor-Leste’s waters must remain a sanctuary for whales and dolphins (10/18)
Blog Who should grant environmental licenses for mining and petroleum?
Sé mak bele emite Lisensa Ambientál ba petróleu no mineiru? (9/18)
LH Komunikadu imprensa (also English) and letter to Prime Minister urging that Petroleum Ministry not be given the authority to issue environmental licenses (also Tetum, 9/18)
Radio Igualdade: Implementasaun Dekretu Lei Lisensamentu Ambiental (8/18)
Basic Environmental and Licensing Laws adoption and enforcement (8/18)
Aprezentasaun Implementasaun Lei Lisensamentu Ambiental liga ho Dezenvolvimentu Projetu Infrastrutura sira (mos PowerPoint) (6/18)
LHB Implementasaun Dekretu-Lei Ambientál sira iha TL
Implementing Environmental Decree-Laws in TL (5/18)
Regulating Onshore Petroleum Operations (1/18)
Paper Dezenvolvimentu projetu infrastrutura sira no dezafiu ba implementasaun lisensamentu ambientál (10/17)
Aprezentasaun Dezenvolvimentu projetu infrastrutura sira no dezafiu ba implementasaun lisensamentu ambientál, mos PowerPoint (7/17)
Creating a Mining Code / Dezenvolve Kódigu Mineiru ba Timor-Leste (Eng/Tet) (6/17)
Blog: LH husu PDHJ atu haforsa implementasaun Lei Lisensamentu Ambientál
also text of LH letter to Provedor (English or Tetum ) (6/16)
Environmental Impacts of the proposed Betano oil refinery (5/16)
LH statement to the first Conference on Adaptation to Climate Change (also Tetum) (11/14)
Blog: Environmental Licensing: Who needs it? (5/14)
LH submission to DNMA on the draft Regulations and Guidelines for Environmental Licensing (1/14)
Blog: Consultation begins on draft Mining Code (also Tetum), with drafts in three languages (9/13)
Second LH submission on revised draft Protected Areas Decree-Law (6/13)
LH submission on draft Protected Areas Decree-Law (also Tetum) (3/13)
LH letter to President TMR on the Basic Environment Law (law text in English and Portuguese) (6/12)
Basic Environment Decree-Law no. 26/2012 of 4 July (Portuguese) as enacted (7/12)
Sustainable Development in Timor-Leste: National Report to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development by the RDTL Ministry of Economy and Development, UNDP and UN DESA (5/12)
LH letter to President Jose Ramos-Horta on the Basic Environment Law (5/11)
La'o Hamutuk submission to DNMA regarding draft Biodiversity Decree-Law (also Tetum)and list of endangered and alien species (4/12)
LH comments at Rio+20 Green Economy for Sustainable Development workshop (11/11)
LH second submission to DNMA on draft Basic Environment Law (10/11)
Revised draft Basic Environmental Law (also Portuguese) for second consultation (9/11)
LH submission on Basic Environmental Law: Narrative part and section-by-section comments (3/11)
Declaration One Hour for Mother Earth (also Tetum) and action photos (10/10/10)
LH submission (also Tetum) on TOR for Environmental Impact Statement (also Tetum) for Eni's further exploratory drilling in S06-03 (9/10)
LH submission on Environmental Impact Statement for Eni's Cova-1 exploratory drilling (7/10) and Eni's response (also Tetum) (8/10)
Oilwatch Southeast Asia Regional Meeting presentations and statement (also Tetum) (7/10)
LH submission on Environmental Impact Assessment and Management Plans for Reliance's exploratory drilling in Block K of Timor-Leste exclusive offshore area (6/10)
LH submission on Eni's proposed Environmental Management Plan (also Tetum) for the GeoStreamer seismic survey (6/10)
Radio Igualidade: Rezultadu Konferensia UNFCCC iha Kopenhagen (6 MB Tetum MP3) (4/10)
LH Open Letter asking Prime Minister not to sign the Copenhagen Accord (Eng. and Tet.) (3/10)
LHB Timor-Leste in global action against climate change (2/10)
Climate Change and Timor-Leste index page (12/09)
Heavy oil power plants index and analysis (Eng. and Tet.) (3/09)
LHB Jatropha: Jobs for farmers or fuel for foreigners? (11/08)
LHB Heavy Oil power plants (also Tetum) (11/08)
LHB Climate Justice, Now! (also Tetum) (11/08)
Justisa Klimatika presentation (Tetum) (9/08)
LHB The Impact of Mining on Women in the Pacific (8/08)
LHB Civil Society Forum on Climate Change (8/08)
Commentary and documents about sugar cane and jatropha agro-fuels projects, including MOUs and other documents (6/08)
Seismic exploration environmental management plans from Eni and Reliance, with submissions from La'o Hamutuk (6/08)
Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste: Dreams, Realities and Challenges (2/08)
LH submission regarding Environmental Plan for Eni Marine Seismic Survey (6/07)
Petroleum in Timor-Leste (presentation to the International Forum on Petroleum, Human Rights and Environmental Reparation, Ecuador) (10/06)
Oil in Timor-Leste: A discussion of economic, ecological and moral debt. (Chapter written for Oilwatch by La'o Hamutuk) (9/05)
LHB Protecting Timor-Leste's Environment: Regulation and Enforcement (7/00)
LHB Relatóriu Nasionál Balu ne’ebé Publika iha 2018 (11/18)
LHB PPP Ameasa Servisu Públiku ba Ita Nia Povu (11/18)
In-depth article on Public-Private Partnership for Tibar Port (English/Tetum) (10/18)
Presentation Oil, debt and sustainability: TL’s borrowing plans and their implications for the future / Mina, deve no sustentabilidade: TL nia planu empréstimu no nia implikasaun ba futuru (Also English PowerPoint, Tetum PowerPoint, 6/17)
Programa Radio Igualdade: WTO ninia implikasaun negativu ba TL (1/17)
LH position paper on Timor-Leste's accession to the World Trade Organization (also Tetum) (1/17)
The Reference page (also Tetum) on this website includes many reports by IFIs (2/17)
LH Blog: Spinning straw into gold: Facts remain true, regardless of public relations responding to government economic claims (11/16)
Hafalun fatuk ho osan mean: Faktus mak faktus nafatin, maske relasaun públiku konta buat seluk (12/16)
Blog on Tibar Port tendering in English or Tetum. (8/16)
IMF 2016 Article IV report on Timor-Leste's economy and public finances (6/16)
Radio Igualdade: Projetu Portu Tibar ho Modelu Parseria Publiku Privadu (4/16)
TL government blocks publication of IMF Article IV report for 2014 (12/14)
Public-Private Partnership for Dili airport (also Tetum) with documents and other information (6/14)
LH Blog The Double Digit disappears (also Double digit lakon ona) on lower IFI GDP estimates (4/14)
IMF 2013 Article IV report on Timor-Leste's economy and public finances (12/13)
Timor-Leste is going into debt (also Tetum). Background, commentary, documents. (3/12)
Why Should Timor-Leste go into Debt? (also Tetum) Background and documents from 2009-2011. (2/12)
IMF 2011 Article IV report on Timor-Leste's economy and public finances (2/12)
Groups worldwide urge debt-free Timor-Leste not to borrow. Statement and press release from 117 Timorese and international organizations (English/Tetum) (9/11)
IMF 2010 Article IV report on Timor-Leste's economy and public finances (3/11)
LH letter to the IMF about their reports on public financial management (12/10) and IMF response (1/11)
The World Bank's Doing Business 2011 report and Timor-Leste (11/10)
NGO Forum submission (also Tetum) on proposed budget and financial management law (9/09)
LHB Editorial: World Bank Recommends Neo-Liberal Pathway, Again (1/08)
The Paradox of Aid in Timor-Leste, paper presented by La'o Hamutuk at the University of Brasilia (7/06)
LHB World Trade Organization Exposed in Ermera (11/05)
LHB Editorial: Whitewashing Wolfowitz at the World Bank (8/05)
Lessons Learned: The Community Empowerment and Local Governance Project. Report by Rolling Think Tank (3/04)
LHB World Social Forum “Another World is Possible” (3/04)
LHB The Banking and Payments Authority (BPA) and the IMF's role(1/04)
Report from seminar on Timor-Leste joining the International Financial Institutions (11/02)
Surat Popular: Banku Mundial iha Timor Lorosa'e (World Bank in Timor-Leste)
LHB Report on "IDA 14" Opinion Leaders Consultation, Vietnam (12/04)
Also LHB Editorial: The Truth Behind the International Development Association and its Poverty Reduction Policy (12/04)
LHB Seven Ways to Meet Timor-Leste’s Financial Gap (3/04)
LHB WB Workshop on Gender and Poverty Reduction (11/03)
LHB ADB Fiji Workshop on Good Governance (11/03)
LHB Editorial: Privatization and Profit in Developing Countries (11/03)
LHB A Review of the First Year of the Transition Support Program, including diagrams about public sector spending in Timor-Leste (5/03)
LHB The Asian Development Bank in Timor-Leste, highlighting its Microfinance project and privatization agenda (3/03)
LHB The Community Empowerment Project Revisited (10/02)
LHB Editorial: A Brief Overview of the National Development Plan (8/02)
LHB Editorial: Financial Independence (5/02)
LHB Report from the World Social Forum II (4/02)
LHB An Assessment of Pilot Agricultural Service Centers in Timor-Leste (2/02)
LHB School Furniture: Looking at a World Bank-UNTAET/ETTA Project (8/01)
LHB UNTAET-World Bank Background Paper (7/01)
LHB The IMF in Timor-Leste (6/01)
LHB Editorial: Dollarization and Democracy (6/01)
LHB The World Bank in Timor-Leste (12/00)
LHB Assessing the World Bank’s Agricultural Project (12/00)
LHB Evaluating the World Bank’s CEP Project (12/00)
LHB Editorial: Democracy & the World Bank (12/00)
Rights and Sustainability: LH briefing on key issues facing TL. 18 MB Powerpoint or 6 MB PDF (2/19)
Index page on Timor-Leste buys into the Sunrise Oil and Gas Project (12/18)
LHB PPP Ameasa Servisu Públiku ba Ita Nia Povu (11/18)
In-depth article on Public-Private Partnership for Tibar Port (Eng/Tet) (10/18)
After the oil runs dry: Timor-Leste economics and government finances (10/18)
Productive economic sectors are essential for sustainable development in Timor-Leste (paper, PowerPoint and PDF of PowerPoint) (7/18)
LHB Depois tinan 18: Presiza atu Husik Dolar Amerika?
After 18 years: Should we drop the U.S. dollar? (5/18)
LH Blog: 18 Years later: Should Timor drop the U.S. dollar?
Depois tinan 18: Presiza atu husik Dolar Amerika? (3/18)
Programa Radio Igualdade: Lian husi komunidade Atauro kona ba ZEESM (2/18)
Perspetiva no Dezafiu hosi moeda lokál ba ekonomia TL (PowerPoint, PDF) (1/18)
Background and links on proposed Private Investment Law and Policy, with links to several articles and submissions (6/17)
Programa Radio Igualdade: Lei Investimentu Privadu (5/17)
Presentation Timor-Leste’s oil wealth: financing government, building for development and providing for its people (also Powerpoint, article and blog) (5/17)
Programa Radio Igualdade: Tanba tenke Diversifika Ekonomia? (2/17)
LH Komentáriu Ba Diresaun Jerál Estatístika kona-ba Kestionariu Peskiza ba Atividade Negósiu 2015 nian (11/16)
LH Blog: Spinning straw into gold: Facts remain true, regardless of public relations responding to government economic claims (11/16)
Hafalun fatuk ho osan mean: Faktus mak faktus nafatin, maske relasaun públiku konta buat seluk (12/16)
Street Vending: Threat to Social Order or Employment Opportunity? (10/16)
Blog on Tibar Port in English or Tetum. (8/16)
Employment in extractive industries (Empregu iha Atividades Estrativas), inklui submisaun husi LH (Tetum) (4/16)
LH Blog: Private investment is a road, not a destination (mos Tetum) (4/16)
Background and links on proposed Private Investment Law and Policy
LH submission on Private Investment Policy (4/16)
LH submission on Private Investment Law (3/16)
LH Blog: Indicators have Consequences about Bayu-Undan being depleted
Sinál perigu sei iha konsekuénsia (3/16)
LH Blog: TL's Human Development Index dropping, but data is lacking (12/15)
Fiscal Strategies and their Implications for Wealth Distribution presentation at ANU TL Update (also PowerPoint and black/white PDF) (11/15)
Programa Radio Igualdade: Ekonomia Povu Ki'ik (7 MB Tetum audio) (8/15)
LH Blog: Riches Beyond Imagination debunking exaggerated claims of TL's economic strength (7/15)
Programa Radio Igualdade Hamenus Importasaun (7 MB Tetum audio) (6/15)
Estratéjia ba Autosufisiensia foos: Hamenus Importasaun no Hamenus Dependénsia (6/15)
Can the Petroleum Fund Exorcise the Resource Curse from TL? (also PDF) (6/14 and 6/15)
Programa Radio Igualdade: Projetu Zona Ekonomiku Espesial Sosial Merkadu (ZEESM) (7 MB Tetum audio) (3/15)
LH Blog: It takes more than money to achieve development: Lessons for and from Timor-Leste (2/15)
TL government blocks publication of IMF Article IV report for 2014 (12/14)
Programa Radio Igualdade TLDPM ba Asuntu Ekonomiku (7 MB Tetum audio) (11/14)
Presentations from seminar on Poverty and Timor-Leste's Economic Development Strategy by La'o Hamutuk, Monash University researchers, Ministry of Finance and ADB (11/14)
LH Presentation to 2014 TLDPM on Economic Strategic Sector (also Tetum) (7/14)
Special Economic Zone / Zona Ekonómiku Espesiál iha Oecusse (7/14)
Poverty and the Agricultural Household by Monash University (Eng/Tet) with LH comment (6/14)
LH Radio Igualdade: Importasaun no Esportasaun (7 MB Tetum audio) (6/14)
TL: The Political Economy of a Rentier State by Guteriano Neves (6/14)
LH Blog The Double Digit disappears (also Double digit lakon ona) on lower GDP estimates (4/14)
A look back at 2013 in Timor-Leste (1/14)
LH submission to Dir-Gen of Statistics on revising the Business Activities Survey (10/13)
Monash report Coffee, Poverty and Economic Development in TL (7/13)
LH Blog on 2011 Business Activities Survey (also Tetum), National Accounts, Household Income and Expenditure Survey from RDTL General Directorate of Statistics and other documents (6/13)
Mari Alkatiri presentation on Oecussi Special Economic Zone (5/13)
LH submission on Consumer Price Index revision (also PDF and Tetum PDF) and results (6/13)
Dili Launch of UN ESCAP Survey (MCIA and other speeches, La'o Hamutuk comment) (5/13)
Treinamento ba Centru Peskiza Parlementu kona ba orsamentu no ekonomia (3/12)
Index page with analysis and documents on the 2019 General State Budget (2/19)
Submisaun husi LH ba Parlamentu kona ba OJE 2019 (also English) (11/18)
Index page on Timor-Leste buys into the Sunrise Oil and Gas Project (2/19)
Aprezentasaun Informasaun Importante ba MP sira (mos PowerPoint) kona-ba Sunrise, Tasi Mane no OJE2019 (12/18)
LHB Sosa Partisipasaun iha Greater Sunrise husi ConocoPhillips (11/18)
LHB PPP Ameasa Servisu Públiku ba Ita Nia Povu (11/18)
Rights and Sustainability: LH briefing on key issues facing TL. Powerpoint or PDF (2/19)
Making the Oil Companies Pay What They Owe about collecting unpaid taxes (11/18)
Paper After the oil runs dry: Timor-Leste economics and government finances (10/18)
Index page with analysis and documents on the 2017-2018 General State Budgets (Eng/Tet) (1/19)
La'o Hamutuk submission to Parliament on OJE 2018 (also Tetum) (8/18)
LHB Sumáriu LH nia Submisaun kona-ba Proposta Lei OJE 2018 (11/18)
La'o Hamutuk submission to Parliament on OJE 2017 (also Tetum) and blog (11/16)
La'o Hamutuk presentation to Parliamentary Seminar (Tetum) (11/16)
LH Submission to Parliament on proposed 2018 State Budget (also Tetum) (8/18)
Confronting the state's temporary cash flow problem / Enfrenta problema finansial temporáriu (9/18)
LH Submission to Parliament (also Tetum)
LH Press release (also Tetum) (7/18)
Presentation Sustainability of Timor-Leste's State Finances (also Powerpoint) from ANU TL Update (6/18)
Transparénsia Orsamentál dalan ba Boa Governasaun iha Timor-Leste (Powerpoint ka PDF) (5/18)
LH/IBP press release As progress toward global budget transparency stalls for the first time in a decade, Timor-Leste scores “low” in providing information to its citizens about how public money is used (also Tetum) (4/18)
Blog: TL is borrowing more - will we be able to repay? (11/17)
Attempted rectification of the 2017 State Budget (2/18)
Presentation Mina, Deve no Sustentabilidade: TL nia planu ba empréstimu nia implikasaun ba futuru (also PowerPoint) (11/17)
Timor-Leste is going into debt (also Tetum). Background, commentary, documents. (11/17)
Blog Governu nia planu sedu … atu antisipa buat ruma?
Advance planning … just in case (7/17)
Presentation Oil, debt and sustainability: TL’s borrowing plans and their implications for the future / Mina, deve no sustentabilidade: TL nia planu empréstimu no nia implikasaun ba futuru (Also English PowerPoint, Tetum PowerPoint, English paper) (10/17)
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Timor-Leste index page, with reports for 2008-2013 (3/17)
Radio Igualdade Ezbosu Lei Impostu Ba Valor Akresentadu (VAT) (audio ka link, 11/16)
Aprezentasaun rua husi LH no UN Women ba enkontru publiku proposed VAT (9/16)
LH submission (also Tetum) to Fiscal Reform Commission on proposed VAT (8/16)
Index page with analysis and documents on the 2016 General State Budget and rectification (English/Tetum) (1/19)
Radio Igualdade: Orsamentu Retifikativu 2016 (7/16)
LH submission (also Tetum) to President on 2016 Budget Rectification (7/16)
LH submission (also blog and Tetum mós blog) to Parliament on 2016 Budget Rectification (7/16)
LH letter to President (also Tetum) on original 2016 State Budget (12/15)
Radio Igualdade: Proposta OJE 2016 (12/15)
LH submission to Parliament (also Blog and Tetum; 11/15)
LH blog 2016 budget proposal puts fantasies before people's needs (also Tetum, 11/15)
LH presentation to Parliament (also Tetum; Powerpoints on Presentations page, 11/15)
Revision of the Lifetime Pension laws, including La'o Hamutuk submission (Tetum) (7/16)
Blog: Suai Supply Base contract cancelled; it’s time to cancel the project. (6/16)
Index page with analysis and documents on Public-Private Partnership for Tibar Port (English/Tetum) (6/16)
Radio Igualdade: Projetu Portu Tibar ho Modelu Parseria Publiku Privadu (4/16)
Radio Igualdade: Imprestimus no Sustentablidade Ekonomia Timor-Leste (2/16)
LH Blog: TL's Human Development Index dropping, but data is lacking (12/15)
Fiscal Strategies and their Implications for Wealth Distribution presentation at ANU TL Update (also PowerPoint and black/white PDF) (11/15)
Radio Igualdade: Deve no Sustentablidade Ekonomia Timor-Leste (9/15)
LH blog: TL falls short on Open Budget Index 2015 (also Tetum, English PDF, Tetum PDF, scorecard) (9/15)
Oil running out is reality, not propaganda (LH letter responding to Parliamentary comments) (also blog and Tetum) (6/15)
How long will the Petroleum Fund carry Timor-Leste? index page with paper (also Tetum), spreadsheet and other materials (6/15)
How long will Timor-Leste's Petroleum Fund Last? (update) (also blog) (6/15)
Timor-Leste's oil and gas are going fast (also blog)
Mina-rai no gas Timor-Leste nian besik hotu ho lalais (4/15)
Index page with analysis and documents on the 2015 General State Budget (English/Tetum), including 2015-2017 Government program and rectification and many other materials in several languages (4/17)
Radio Igualdade: Orsamentu Estadu Retifikativu 2015 (4/15)
Radio Igualdade: Proposta Orsamentu Jeral Estadu ba 2015 (12/14)
Presentation Is Fiscal Policy Sustainable? (also PDF); Polítika Fiskál Sustentavel ka lae? (also PDF) (3/15)
LH letter urging consideration of fallen oil prices when revising the 2015 State Budget (also Tetum) (2/15)
Ministry of Finance response to LH letter (also Tetum) (3/15)
LH Blog: Transparency Initiative gets a little more opaque about EITI (2/15)
Letter from La'o Hamutuk to Parliament on Agriculture (also Tetum) in State Budget (11/14)
Letter from La'o Hamutuk to Parliament (also Tetum) on 2015 State Budget (11/14)
It takes more than money to achieve development: some lessons from TL presentation to UN ESCAP conference (also Powerpoint) (10/14)
LH letter asking for court audit of TimorGAP (Eng/Tetum) (2/15)
Panorama Ekonomika no Politika Fiskál TL (H.Lopes, Min. Finansas) Powerpoint ka PDF (6/14)
Sustentabilidade Fiskál ba TL (C.Scheiner, La'o Hamutuk) Powerpoint ka PDF (6/14)
Public-Private Partnerships for Dili airport and Tibar port (also Tetum) with presentations from IFC/Government infrastructure conference and other information (5/14)
Index page with analysis and documents on the 2014 State Budget (English/Tetum) (2/15)
Also blogs on So much to do, so little time, with nobody watching (also Tetum) and Handing out the Cash (1/14)
Also Blog and LH letter to Parliament (also Tetum) on budget proposal (11/13)
Treinamentu Analiza no monitor Orsamentu Jerál Estadu (Tetum, mos PDF) (11/13)
LH Blog and letter (also Tetum) protesting award of school furniture contract to Chinese Nuclear Industry Construction Co. #22 (10/13)
Aprezentasaun ba retratu anual Ajensia Nasional Dezenvolvimentu (ADN) (mos PDF) (7/13)
LH Blog: How Long will the Petroleum Fund Carry Timor-Leste? (7/13)
Also Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint and PDF
Government's Yellow Road (budget) workshop presentations and documents (5/13)
Index page with analysis and documents on the 2013 General State Budget (English/Tetum) (5/17)
Interesting items on TL's Procurement Portal (English/Tetum), including presentation to Provedor on indications of maladministration or corruption (5/13)
UNDP 2013 Human Development Report shows Timor-Leste slightly improved (4/13)
Presentation on National Impact of Veterans Pensions (PDF English or Tetum, PowerPoint English or Tetum) also LH blog (English or Tetum) (3/13)
Presentation on issues in GSB 2013 (PDF or PowerPoint) (also Tetum PDF or PowerPoint) (2/13)
LH Submission to Parliament (also Tetum) on proposed 2013 General State Budget (1/13)
Index page on mid-year rectification to 2012 State Budget (Eng/Tetum) with many documents (3/15)
Powerpoint and handout (Tetum) of Treinamentu La'o Hamutuk fo ba Rede Edukasaun (TLCE) (12/12)
La'o Hamutuk submission to Parliament on 2011 State Accounts (Eng/Tetum) with many documents (12/12)
EITI reports for 2010 and 2011 (12/12)
Index to Petroleum Fund operations, including management agreements, Quarterly and Annual Reports and other information (Eng/Tetum.) (11/12)
La'o Hamutuk submission to Parliament (also Tetum) on proposed mid-year budget rectification (10/12)
ABC: Taxing Times in Timor transcript of TV documentary
LH Blog: Filling gaps in Taxing Times (10/12)
Making the Oil Companies Pay What They Owe about collecting unpaid taxes (11/12)
UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty on TL, with report (also Tetum or Port.) and LH submission and Blog (6/12)
How Timor-Leste got $10 billion ... and how quickly we will spend it all. (on LH blog, 5/12)
Treinamento ba Centru Peskiza Parlementu kona ba orsamentu no ekonomia (3/12)
Blog: Timor-Leste is going for broke. (also Tetum) (3/12)
Blog: Borrowing from the Next Generation (3/12)
Why Should Timor-Leste go into Debt? (also Tetum). Background, commentary, documents from 2009-2011. (2/12)
Index page on 2012 State Budget (also Tetum) (3/12)
If you spend $400 million, you don't have it any more (also blog) (3/12)
LH letter to President Jose Ramos-Horta (also Tetum) raising concerns about the 2012 State Budget (12/11)
Press release (also Tetum) and Preliminary Recommendations (also Tetum) from the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty (11/11)
Compania Investimentu Timor-Leste, Investe ka Fakar Osan? (11/11)
LH letter to Parliament Committee C (also Tetum) on the Appeals Court Opinion on the 2010 General State Accounts (also Port.) (10/11)
LH submission to Parliament Committee C on the proposed 2012 State Budget (also Tetum) (10/11)
Deve no Problema sira ba Timor-Leste husi Guteriano Neves iha Diario Nasional (9/11)
Index page with summary, links and documents on the Strategic Development Plan (9/11)
Groups worldwide urge debt-free Timor-Leste not to borrow. Statement and press release from 117 Timorese and international organizations (English/Tetum) (9/11)
Some thoughts from LH for the Regional EITI Conference (also Tetum) (8/11)
LH preliminary analysis (also Tetum) and summary of analysis (also Tetum) of Strategic Development Plan (also Portuguese) approved by Parliament (7/11)
Presentation by LH about TL's Economy and State Budget to UNTL/Victoria University Conference on Knowledge, Attitudes and Skills (also Tetum) (7/11)
LH Treinamentu kona-ba Orsamentu Jeral Estadu RDTL 2011 - rekursu, aprezentasaun, no sst. (5/11)
UNDP 2011 National Human Development Report for Timor-Leste (also Tetum) with La'o Hamutuk comment (also Tetum and Tetum slideshow) (5/11)
LH Timor-Leste Human Development Index unchanged in global 2010 UNDP report (5/11)
Analysis of the draft of the Strategic Development Plan 2011-2030 (also Tetum), including May 2010 leaked draft plan, slide show of Prime Minister's public consultation, leaked contract and TOR, and many other documents (4/11)
Understanding the 2011 Budget (also Tetum) graphs of allocation and execution (2/11)
Ministry of Finance presentation on Strategic Development Plan (2/11)
LH article We Must Respect the Constitutional Principles of the President’s Duties (also Tetum) about JRH seeking court advice before promulgating the 2011 State Budget (2/11)
LH letter to Parliament Committee C about 2011 State Budget (also Tetum) (1/11)
LH letter to the IMF about their reports on public financial management (12/10) and IMF response (1/11)
LH submission to Parliament Committee C on 2011 State Budget (also PDF and Tetum) (12/10)
LH submission to Parliament Committee D on 2011 State Budget (also PDF and Tetum) (12/10)
2011 General State Budget for Timor-Leste (12/10)
2010 mid-year budget rectification index page, with links to many documents (9/10)
Radio Igualidade: Orsamentu Rektifikativu 2010 (6 MB Tetum MP3) (6/10)
Submission from La'o Hamutuk on mid-year budget rectification (6/10)
Radio Igualidade: Timor-Leste atu Debe? (6 MB Tetum MP3) (5/10)
LHB: Donor, oil and other money in Timor-Leste since 1999 (2/10)
LH Timór-Leste atu Debe: Lojika ka La’e? (11/09)
LH Orsamentu Jeral Estadu 2010 hatutan nafatin dalan ba ‘Malisan Rekursu’ (11/09)
LH Submission to Parliament on 2010 General State Budget (also Tetum) and corrective letter (also Tetum) (11/09)
2010 General State Budget for Timor-Leste, including Budget Documents, analysis and Preliminary comments by LH (also Tetum) (10/09)
LH Timor-Leste Human Development Index unchanged in 2009 UNDP report (10/09)
NGO Forum submission (also Tetum) on proposed budget and financial management law (9/09)
Briefing Paper: How much money have international donors spent on and in Timor-Leste? (also Tetum) (8/09)
LHB: Estimating Sustainable Income (also Tetum) (6/09)
Orsamento Estadu 2009: Prudente ka lae? Three newspaper articles debating whether the budget brings the resource curse to TL (Tetum, 4/09)
LH analysis of prudence and sustainability in calculating the Estimated Sustainable Income (also Tetum) (3/09)
LH article 2009 State Budget: Who does it benefit? (also Tetum) (1/09)
LH Submission on TL budget for 2009 (also Tetum), (1/09)
Also submissions from FONGTIL, Ba Los, and ETADEP (all Tetum)
Topic page on RDTL State Budget for 2009, with links (12/08)
LH Desijaun Tribunal Rekursu iha Nasaun de Direitu Demokrátiku (11/08)
LHB Editorial: Budget Invites Resource Curse (11/08)
LHB Budgeting for the future (11/08)
Appeals court rules mid-year budget unconstitutional
Text of ruling (Portuguese), Complaint (Portuguese) and many other links (11/08)
LH training for journalists on the budget (also Tetum and Powerpoints in Tetum and English) and annotated budget (10/08)
LHB Editorial and report on Public Meeting regarding the new tax law (8/08)
Summary of the new Tax Reform law (7/08)
Core Group analysis of Economic Stabilization Fund (also Tetum) (7/08)
Mid-Year update to the 2008 RDTL State Budget, information and analysis about the 122% increase (11/08)
Budget Execution Reports for July-Dec 2007 and Jan-Mar 2008, Jan-Jun 2008, and Jan-Sep 2008 (11/08)
Proposed domestic tax reform legislation, with many documents, texts, testimonies and hearing schedule (5/08)
RDTL State Budget for 2008 (2/08)
UNDP Budget Highlights pamphlet. (12/07)
LHB Editorial: World Bank Recommends Neo-Liberal Pathway, Again (1/08)
Timor-Leste declines in UNDP Human Development Ranking (12/07)
Fourth Constitutional Government of RDTL: Structure, Program, Budget and members (10/07)
LHB Editorial: Parliament, Don't pass greedy pension laws (3/07)
Save the people’s money! (stop lifetime pensions for former members of parliament) (1/07)
LHB Timor-Leste will be one of the most oil-dependent countries in the world (11/05)
LHB Seven Ways to Meet Timor-Leste’s Financial Gap (3/04)
LHB The Banking and Payments Authority (BPA) (1/04)
LH Statement to the Development Partners Meeting also Portuguese (12/03)
LHB Development Partners conference (8/03).
See also Joint NGO Statement to the Development Partners Meeting (6/03)
LHB A Review of the First Year of the Transition Support Program, including diagrams about all public sector spending in Timor-Leste (5/03)
LHB Editorial: A Brief Overview of the National Development Plan (8/02)
LHB Editorial: Dollarization and Democracy (6/01)
LHB Funding Timor-Leste's Reconstruction: An Overview of the UNTAET and ETTA budgets, where they come from and how they are spent (including diagrams) (4/01)
LHB Editorial: Equipment Should Stay after UNTAET Leaves (4/01)
LHB Taxes in Timor-Leste (4/01)
LHB Editorial: Money Matters: Priorities and Process (4/01)
LHB Funding the Health Sector (11/00)
UN Periodic Reviews of Human Rights in Timor-Leste (English/Tetum)
Includes Universal and Torture reviews (3/18)
La'o Hamutuk observations for the Conference on the SDG Roadmap, blog (5/17)
Radio Igualdade: Objetivu Dezenvolvimentu Sustentavel (7/16)
It takes more than money to achieve development: some lessons from TL presentation to UN ESCAP conference (also Powerpoint and blog) (10/14)
Dili Launch of UN ESCAP Survey (MCIA and other speeches, La'o Hamutuk comment) (5/13)
UNDP 2013 Human Development Report shows Timor-Leste slightly improved (also Tetum) (4/13)
La'o Hamutuk's ultimate letter to the UN Security Council about justice, sustainable development and not forgetting Timor-Leste (also Tetum press release) (11/12)
Analysis of words spoken in the UN Security Council during 138 hours of debate on TL 1999-2012 (11/12)
UNMIT history, current activities, and relevant documents (11/12)
Prime Minister letter to UN Secretary-General and S-G report on UNMIT (also Tetum) (10/12)
UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty on TL, with report (also Tetum or Port.) and LH submission and Blog (6/12)
LH letter to the UN Security Council about justice and equitable, sustainable development. (2/12)
LH letter to the UN Security Council about the S-G's latest UNMIT report (11/11)
UNDP 2011 global Human Development Report shows Timor-Leste barely changed (11/11)
UNDP 2011 National Human Development Report for Timor-Leste (also Tetum) with La'o Hamutuk comment (also Tetum and Tetum slideshow) (5/11)
LH Timor-Leste Human Development Index unchanged in global 2010 UNDP report (5/11)
Letter from Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal to the UN Security Council (also Tetum) about justice (2/11)
Letter from La'o Hamutuk to the UN Security Council analyzing Secretary-General's report on UNMIT (2/10)
Letter from Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal to the UN Security Council about justice (2/10)
Analysis of words about justice used in the UN Security Council debates and resolutions during the past ten years. (also Tetum) (12/09)
La'o Hamutuk letter to UN Security Council on justice and other issues. Also PDFs of letter and annex. (10/09)
LH Timor-Leste Human Development Index unchanged in 2009 UNDP report (10/09)
LH Submission to Australian Parliamentary Inquiry on Human Rights Mechanisms and the Asia-Pacific, as well as submission from Clinton Fernandes (12/08)
UNMIT Transitional Strategy and Appeal (3/08)
UNMIT-RDTL Agreement about investigation of 1999 Serious crimes (2/08)
UN sets justice bar low, then declines to jump (2/08)
Timor-Leste declines in UNDP Human Development Ranking (12/07)
LHB Screening PNTL back into service (6/07)
LHB Lessons for the UN from Timor-Leste (3/07)
LHB Public Meeting on PNTL-UNPOL Cooperation (3/07)
UNMIT-RDTL-Australia Memorandum of Understanding on the provision of assistance to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste regarding provision and coordination of police and military forces (1/07)
UNMIT-RDTL Arrangement on how the UN police will work with the Timorese Police (12/06)
LH Timor-Leste slips slightly in UNDP Human Development Index (11/06)
Debate over placing foreign troops in Timor-Leste under UN command (8/06)
includes statements from La'o Hamutuk, TL NGO Forum, IFET, James Dunn and many UN and RDTL Documents.
The Paradox of Aid in Timor-Leste (7/06), paper presented by La'o Hamutuk at the University of Brasilia
LH Suggestions for the Next United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (6/06)
summary press release
LHB Assessment of UNMISET Advisors (8/05)
LHB Civil Society Forum statement on Millennium Development Goals (1/04)
Open Letter to UNMISET (7/03). This letter was printed as an LHB Editorial: What should UNMISET do now? (8/03)
LHB UNDP Workshop on Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh (5/03)
LHB UNMISET and Internal Security in Timor-Leste (5/03)
LHB Hiroshima UN Conference on Post-Conflict Reconstruction (3/03)
Disorder in Timor-Leste: The International Community Must Accept Responsibility; also Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia (12/02)
LHB Timor-Leste joins United Nations (10/02)
LHB Special Report on Electricity (8/02)
LHB UNDP letter on Japan's aid to the Power Sector, and LH Response (12/02)
LHB Timor-Leste Faces Post-UNTAET Challenges (5/02)
Can the Rule of Law Prevail? Pressure from UN HQ Exacerbates Amos W Tax Controversy. Bahasa version (3/02)
Also: Response from UNTAET (3/02)
LHB An Assessment of the UN’s Police Mission in Timor-Leste (2/02)
LHB The United Nations, Gender Affairs, and Timor-Leste (8/01)
LHB Reconstruction and Transition: What are the Next Steps? (7/01)
LHB UNTAET-World Bank Background Paper (7/01)
LHB Planning for the Post-UNTAET Era (7/01)
E. Timor NGOs protest UN police predictions of election violence with CivPol response (3/01) and LHB Editorial (4/01)
LH on UNTAET Gag Rule (1/01)
LHB World Health Organization Report on Timor-Leste Health Situation (11/00)
LHB Environmental Health: UNTAET and Asbestos (7/00)
LHB Evaluation of Humanitarian Aid Process Released by UNTAET (7/00)
LHB Timor-Leste's Reconstruction: Much to celebrate, and much yet to accomplish (6/00)
Radio Igualdade: Tanba sa Tenke Promove Agro-Ekolojia no Biodiversidade (9/18)
HASATIL statement for World Food Day: Promove Ai-han Lokál Nutritivu hodi Hakotu Hamlaha no Mal-nutrisaun iha Timor-Leste (10/18)
Radio Igualdade: Soberania Ai-han (6/18)
Radio Igualdade: Indústria Ki’ik Prosesamento Produtu Agríkola (5/18)
LHB Semináriu Nasionál: Dezafiu no Poténsia Indústria Ki’ik Prosesamentu Produtu Agríkola iha TL
National Seminar on challenges and potential for small agricultural processors (5/18)
LH submission on draft Mechanization Policy (3/18)
Blog Semináriu kona-ba Dezafiu no Poténsia Indústria Ki’ik Prosesamentu Produtu Agríkola iha TL (2/18)
Polítika Agrikultura / Agriculture Policy in Timor-Leste (10/17)
HASATIL Komunikadu ba Imprensa kona-ba Loron Mundiál Ai-Han (10/17)
Radio Igualdade: Revizaun Polítika Agrikultura Nasionál Timor-Leste (9/17)
LH submission on Draft Pesticide Policy (also Tetum) (7/17)
Apresentasaun Dezafiu ba Indústria Ki'ik Prosesamentu Produtu Agríkola iha Timor-Leste (mos PowerPoint, 6/17)
LH comment on Draft Agriculture Policy and Strategic Framework (6/17)
Draft Agriculture Policy and Strategic Framework from Ministry of Agriculture
Radio Igualdade: Toos Eskolar/School Garden (8/16)
Radio Igualdade: Politika Agrikultura Sustentavel (7 MB Tetum audio) (2/16)
Radio Igualdade: Oinsa Utiliza Jardim Uma Hun (7 MB Tetum audio) (8/15)
Radio Igualdade: Agrikultor sira nia lian (7 MB Tetum audio) (7/15)
Estratéjia ba Autosufisiensia foos: Hamenus Importasaun no Hamenus Dependénsia (6/15)
Radio Igualdade: Konsellu Nasional Seguransa, Soberania Alimentar Nutrisaun Timor-Leste (KONSSANTIL) (7 MB Tetum audio) (3/15)
Letter from LH to Parliament on Agriculture (also Tetum) in the 2015 State Budget (11/14)
Radio Igualdade: Agrobiodiversidade (10/14)
Radio Igualdade: Karateristika Fini Hibrida no GMO (10/14)
Poverty and the Agricultural Household by Monash University (Eng/Tet) with LH comment (6/14)
LH Comments on Draft National Action Plan for Zero Hunger Challenge (also Tetum) (5/14)
Radio Igualdade: Politika Seguransa aihan no agrikultura sustentavel (audio, 7MB) (5/14)
LH Second submission to MAF and FAO on TL National Food and Nutrition Policy (also Tetum) (4/14)
Radio Igualdade: Politika Fini (audio, 7MB) (1/14)
LH submission on National Food and Nutrition Security Policy (12/13)
LH nia Komentáriu kona ba “Papél Konseitu USAID ba Projetu Integradu ba Kreximentu Ekonómiku ba Kompetitividade Setór Privadu, Agrikultura no Mudansa Klimátika Global” (also English) (11/13)
HASATIL statement for World Food Day (also Tetum, Portuguese and Bahasa Indonesia) (10/13)
LHB: Food Sovereignty and Food Security (also Tetum) (7/13)
Aprezentasaun ba Konferensia VU/UNTL nian Polítika Nasional Fini Timor-Leste no nia implikasaun (mos PDF) (7/13)
Monash report Coffee, Poverty and Economic Development in TL (7/13)
LH second submission on draft national seed policy (Sumariu iha Tetum) (3/13)
Aprezentasaun husi LH: Politika Fini Timor-Leste no nia implikasaun ba ita nia moris (PowerPoint no PDF) (11/12)
Valoriza Agrikultor sira-nia Lian no sira-nia Matenek. Relatoriu LH nian Konsultasaun ho Agrikultor-sira (9/11)
Inklui aprezentasaun no relatoriu tomak and English translation Valuing Farmers' Words and Wisdom.
Sosiedade Sivil no Movimentu Agrikultor iha Timor-Leste (Tetum/English) (1/11)
LH: Planu Asaun MAP 2011 vs Agrikultor nia Nesesidade (Timor Post, 12/10)
Radio Igualidade: Planu Asaun Ministeriu Agrikultura no Pescas (6 MB Tetum MP3) (12/10)
Radio Igualidade: Dezafiu Agrikultor iha Area Rural (6 MB Tetum MP3) (9/10)
Radio Igualidade: Agrikultor nia lian kona-ba servisu Ministeriu Agrikultura iha baze (6 MB Tetum MP3) (7/10)
Radio Igualidade: Agrikultura Organiku (6 MB Tetum MP3) (5/10)
Radio Igualidade: Loron Luta Agrikultor nian (6 MB Tetum MP3) (4/10)
LHB: Consolidate La Via Campesina in East & Southeast Asia (6/09)
Surat Popular Fabrika Ai-oan Mutin iha Carabela (5/09)
Commentary and documents about five agro-fuels projects, including MOUs and other documents (12/08)
LHB Jatropha: Jobs for farmers or fuel for foreigners? (11/08)
LHB Agrofuels, land rights and agreements (11/08)
LHB Oecusse Community Activation Program (OCAP) (1/08)
LHB The Government's Agriculture Program (1/08)
LHB European Union Rural Development Program (11/05)
LHB Exchange with Philippines on agrarian reform (4/05)
LHB Exchange participants return from Cuba on health and agriculture (1/04), Participants launch book on Cuba's experience (12/05)
Surat Popular: Agriculture
LHB Coffee in Timor-Leste and the World. Several reports (4/02)
LHB Editorial: Challenging the Injustice of Coffee (4/02)
LHB An Assessment of Pilot Agricultural Service Centers in Timor-Leste (2/02)
LHB Sustainable Agriculture in Timor Lorosa’e (2/02)
LHB Assessing the World Bank’s Agricultural Project (12/00)