Timor-Leste
- Capital:
Dili - Population:
1154625 - Size:
15007.0 Km2
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- The BLDS print collection
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Browse all the latest print documents from the British Library of Development Studies...
- Climate change adaptation for coral triangle communities: a guide for vulnerability assessment and local early action planning (LEAP guide)
- 2013
- This comprehensive set of scientific and social instruments helps local governments and communities to assess their vulnerability to climate change and form their own climate change adaptation plans to address local conditions. So far...
- Expanding the use of health services is critical to improving maternal health outcomes in Timor-Leste
- R. P. Rannan-Eliya; R. Hafez; C. Anuranga / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- As a young nation, Timor-Leste has made considerable advances in rebuilding its health system, but overall utilisation of health services remains low by regional standards. This paper underlines that the Timor-Leste population continu...
- Is Timor-Leste’s growth inclusive?
- C. Sugden / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- The newly independent Timor-Leste has established itself as one of the fastest growing economies in Asia and the Pacific. This study examines the first decade of the restoration of independence to assess if Timor-Leste’s economi...
- Women have a right to be included in international peace negotiations
- C. Buchanan / Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Switzerland, 2011
- Ensuring women's fair representation and diverse contributions to peacemaking remains a major challenge. This publication explores the reasons for women’s under-representation in peace processes, both in terms of their participa...
- Wealth, Welfare and Sustainable Growth and Development: Challenges of Economic- and Fiscal Policies in Resource-Producing Countries
- M. Thorvald / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2011
- For Resource-Producing countries (RPCs), there are two main challenges for economic management: • How should economic- and fiscal policies be designed and executed efficiently to sustain growth and development in the face of exha...
- Livelihood Security: Insights From a Programme Evaluation in Timor Leste
- Care Climate Change Information Centre, 2011
- This report draws on the findings of a recent evaluation which focused on the effectiveness, impact and sustainability of CARE programming in Timor Leste in relation to climate hazards. The evaluation looked at four projects in Liquic...
- Adaptation to climate change and managing disaster risk in the Caribbean and South-East Asia
- Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency, Barbados, 2003
- This report is an of the outcome of the Seminar on Climate Change and Severe Weather Events in the Caribbean and Asia, held in Barbados in July of 2003. Presentations made at the seminar were based on six case studies carried out in t...
- Figures and facts on HIV and AIDS in the south-east Asia region
- World Health Organization, 2010
- This annual progress report, published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), presents key achievements in prevention and control of HIV in the South-East Asia Region and highlights areas where further work is needed. Key ...
- The healthcare tailored to gender-based violence (GBV) victims in seven Asian/Pacific countries
- S. Ibrahim; S. Daluwatte; D. Bernado / United Nations Population Fund, 2010
- This report brings together seven case studies on gender-based violence (GBV) in seven Asian/Pacific countries, and reviews the specific healthcare delivered to its victims there. In Bangladesh, GBV is common and preval...
- Women’s low status in Melanesia and East-Timor root cause of gendered violence
- M. Ellsberg; C. Bradley; A. Egan / Australian Agency for International Development, 2008
- Violence against women is a major barrier to development in Melanesia (a region that comprises most islands located north and northeast of Australia) and East Timor. This report assesses efforts to date in the region in terms of reduc...
- Ba Futuru
- Ba Futuru, meaning “For the Future,” is a peacebuilding organisation located in Timor-Leste (East Timor). The organisation’s mission is to build a culture of peace and non-violence in Timor Leste by developing the values, skills, knowledge and wellbeing of conflict-affected, vulnerable and at-risk young people, and those who care for them. To this end, Ba Futuru engages children...
