The Creation of the East Timorese Economy Volume 2: Birth of a Nation /

• Main Authors: Lundahl, Mats (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sjöholm, Fredrik (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History,
• Subjects: Economic history.; Asia-History.; Development economics.; Political science.; Economic development.; Natural resources.; Economic History.; Asian History.; Development Economics.; Political Science.; Development Studies.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.

Very little has been written on the economy of East Timor since the country's independence in 2002, and no comprehensive account exists of the economic history of the country. The former cannot be properly understood without a knowledge of the historical process that created the present-day sit...

Table of Contents:

• 1. A Poor Young Nation
• 2. From Independence to Turmoil
• 3. Political, Economic and Social Developments 2007-2018
• 4. Population Growth and Job Creation: The Search for a Modern Sector
• 5. The Agricultural Sector
• 6. Oil and the Resource Curse
• 7. Conclusions and a Look to the Future.