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Timor-Leste
10 May 2019

Timor-Leste bets on SMEs to diversify its economy
Facing a slump in its economic engine - oil production - Timor-Leste is also in urgent need to diversify its economy and generate jobs for the country’s youth, and is betting on small and medium enterprises to assist.
28 December 2018

Dili takes control of Greater Sunrise project in huge gamble
The fate of the Greater Sunrise gas project in Timor-Leste hangs in the balance after two of the main investors pulled out, selling their equity shares to the government of Timor-Leste. This gives Dili much greater control of the scheme, allowing it to demand that the planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant is built on its territory rather than in Australia.
02 October 2018

A defining moment for Timor-Leste
Asia’s newest country stands at the economic crossroads. The development of the Greater Sunrise oil and gas project looks more likely to proceed than at any time for a decade but is still not guaranteed. In the meantime, existing gas fields are being run down, while the government has few long term options to generate more income and could easily be toppled by political infighting.
09 August 2018

Dili seeks the tourist dollar
The new prime minister – and former president – of Timor-Leste, Jose Maria de Vasconcelos ( Taur Matan Ruak), has pledged to promote tourism in order to strengthen the economy.
30 April 2018

Greater Sunrise at last?
After more than a decade of dispute, on 6 March the governments of Timor-Leste and Australia finally put pen to paper on an agreement to delimit their common maritime boundary.
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