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oapen-20.500.12657-273652022-04-26T12:22:29Z The Promise of Prosperity Bovensiepen, Judith Timor-Leste Social Policy Economic Development Oil bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1Q Other geographical groupings, oceans & seas::1QF Political, socio-economic & strategic groupings::1QFG Developing countries bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSL Ethnic studies::JFSL9 Indigenous peoples bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography For the people of Timor-Leste, independence promised a fundamental transformation from foreign occupation to self-rule, from brutality to respect for basic rights, and from poverty to prosperity. In the eyes of the country’s political leaders, revenue from the country’s oil and gas reserves is the means by which that transformation could be effected. Over the past decade, they have formulated ambitious plans for state-led development projects and rapid economic growth. Paradoxically, these modernist visions are simultaneously informed by and contradict ideas stemming from custom, religion, accountability and responsibility to future generations. This book explores how the promise of prosperity informs policy and how policy debates shape expectations about the future in one of the world’s newest and poorest nation-states. 2019-01-07 23:55 2018-12-01 23:55:55 2019-01-07 14:19:58 2020-04-01T11:50:25Z 2020-04-01T11:50:25Z 2018 book 1002643 OCN: 1082957587 9781760462529 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27365 eng application/pdf n/a promise.pdf https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/promise-prosperity ANU Press 10.22459/PP.2018 10.22459/PP.2018 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 9781760462529 268 open access
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For the people of Timor-Leste, independence promised a fundamental transformation from foreign occupation to self-rule, from brutality to respect for basic rights, and from poverty to prosperity. In the eyes of the country’s political leaders, revenue from the country’s oil and gas reserves is the means by which that transformation could be effected. Over the past decade, they have formulated ambitious plans for state-led development projects and rapid economic growth. Paradoxically, these modernist visions are simultaneously informed by and contradict ideas stemming from custom, religion, accountability and responsibility to future generations. This book explores how the promise of prosperity informs policy and how policy debates shape expectations about the future in one of the world’s newest and poorest nation-states.
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