The Resource Curse in Timor-Leste

Tracking violence in Timor - Leste

Modernisation in Timor Leste: the ‘community’ at stake

Timor Leste has recently celebrated its 10 th anniversary of independence and statehood. During the past decade the country has undergone a significant transition into, what is now, a relatively stable modern, democratic State. In some respects, however, this ‘development’ has happened at the demise of the social significance of indigenous culture, particularly within urbanised areas and demogr...

The herpetofauna of Timor-Leste: a first report

Fieldwork conducted throughout Timor-Leste in September 2004 and July 2009 resulted in a collection or recording of 263 herpetological specimens (100 amphibians, 163 reptiles), comprising at least seven species of frogs and toads, 20 species of lizards, seven species of snakes, two species of turtles, and one species of crocodile. Among the amphibians, the most frequently encountered species we...

The case of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste was a Portuguese colony for 400 years, and was under Indonesian occupation for 25 years. After the population’s overwhelming vote for independence in August 1999, militia supported by the Indonesian military destroyed 70% of the country’s infrastructure; several thousand people were killed; and hundreds of thousands spent months as refugees in the mountain...

Prelacteal feeding of newborns in postconflict Timor-Leste.

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of prelacteal feeding and its associated factors in Timor-Leste using updated data from the national survey. METHODS Complex sample analysis was undertaken to account for the 2-stage cluster design of the Demographic and Health Survey 2009-2010. Backward stepwise logistic regression was conducted to ascertain factors as...