Just Buying the Peace? : Subnational Spending, Institutional Innovation, and the Political Order in Timor-Leste (English)

In the wake of the country’s political crisis and ensuing outbreak of violence in 2006, the newly elected government of Timor-Leste embarked upon a fivefold increase in public spending. This initiative is widely seen as an exemplar of ‘buying the peace’, in this case, deploying petroleum wealth for the sole purpose of ‘offering cash payments and contracts to potential spoilers.’ This paper focused on the political, economic, and social conditions...

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Akmeemana,Sakuntala;

Porter,Douglas John;
Document Date
2015/12/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
136908
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Timor-Leste,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2019/05/15
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Just Buying the Peace? : Subnational Spending, Institutional Innovation, and the Political Order in Timor-Leste
Keywords
security and development

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Akmeemana,Sakuntala; Porter,Douglas John.

Just Buying the Peace? : Subnational Spending, Institutional Innovation, and the Political Order in Timor-Leste (English). Justice, Security and Development Series Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/824541557899936199

Just Buying the Peace? : Subnational Spending, Institutional Innovation, and the Political Order in Timor-Leste (English)

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