Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures List of Maps List of Contributors Acknowledgements Preface; X.Gusmao Preface; C.Belo Preface; J.R.Horta Preface; Asian Development Bank PART I: INTRODUCTION The Key Issues; H.Hill & M.Saldanha PART II: MANAGING THE MACROECONOMY Currency and Monetary Arrangement for East Timor; G.de.Brouwer Folly or Foresight: Strategic Options for Fiscal Policy in East Timor; J.K.Rosengard PART III: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS Trade and Commercial Policy; H.Hill East Timor's Economic Relations with Indonesia; H.Soesastro PART IV: AGRICULTUE AND THE RURAL ECONOMY Food Policy in East Timor: Linking Agriculture, Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation to Achieve Food Security; C.P.Timmer The Rural Economy and Institutions in East Timor; C.Barlow Coffee and the Economy in East Timor; J.Pomeroy Agriculture, Comparative Advantage and the Macroeconomy; H.da.Costa Diversity and Differential Development in East Timor: Potential Problems and Future Possibilities; J.J.Fox PARTV: INSTITUTIONS Property Rights in East Timor's Reconstruction and Development; D.Fitzpatrick Future Political Structures and Institutions in East Timor; J.A.C.Mackie PART VI: BANKING AND FINANCE Finance Policies for East Timor; RH.McLeod Transport and Power; C.Cheatham & S.Jarvenpaa PART VII: SOCIAL POLICY Poverty, Equity and Living Standards in East Timor: Challenges for the New Nation; A.Booth Social Policy Issues in East Timor: Education and Health; G.W.Jones PART VIII: LESSONS FROM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE Country Size and Economic Performance: A Commentary with Implications for East Timor; J.M.Saldanha & J.Tavares Reconstruction of War-torn Economies: Lessons for East Timor; J.Haughton Lessons for Development from Pacific Island Countries; S.Chand The Papua New Guinea Experience: Some Issues for the Early Years of East Timor; A.Elek Aid, Shocks and Trade: What East Timor Can Learn from African Experience; P.Collier References Author Index Subject Index

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COLIN BARLOW Australian National University, Canberra ANNE BOOTH School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London SATISH CHAND Australian National University, Canberra CHRIS CHEATHAM Asian Development Bank, Suva PAUL COLLIER World Bank, Washington DC and University of Oxford, UK HELDER DA COSTA East Timor Study Group, Dili GORDON DE BROUWER Australian National University, Canberra ANDREW ELEK University of Tasmania, Hobart DANIEL FITZPATRICK Australian National University, Canberra JAMES J. FOX Australian National University, Canberra JONATHAN HAUGHTON Suffolk University, Boston SIRPA JARVENPAA Asian Development Bank, Manila GAVIN W. JONES Australian National University, Canberra J.A.C. MACKIE Australian National University, Canberra ROSS H. MCLEOD Australian National University, Canberra JACQUELINE POMEROY Word Bank, Jakarta JAY K. ROSENGARD Harvard University, Cambridge HADI SOESASTRO Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta JOSAe TAVARES University of California, Los Angeles C. PETER TIMMER University of California, San Diego

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COLIN BARLOW Australian National University, Canberra ANNE BOOTH School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London SATISH CHAND Australian National University, Canberra CHRIS CHEATHAM Asian Development Bank, Suva PAUL COLLIER World Bank, Washington DC and University of Oxford, UK HELDER DA COSTA East Timor Study Group, Dili GORDON DE BROUWER Australian National University, Canberra ANDREW ELEK University of Tasmania, Hobart DANIEL FITZPATRICK Australian National University, Canberra JAMES J. FOX Australian National University, Canberra JONATHAN HAUGHTON Suffolk University, Boston SIRPA JARVENPAA Asian Development Bank, Manila GAVIN W. JONES Australian National University, Canberra J.A.C. MACKIE Australian National University, Canberra ROSS H. MCLEOD Australian National University, Canberra JACQUELINE POMEROY Word Bank, Jakarta JAY K. ROSENGARD Harvard University, Cambridge HADI SOESASTRO Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta JOSÉ TAVARES University of California, Los Angeles C. PETER TIMMER University of California, San Diego.