TY  - GEN
AU  - Bovensiepen,Judith
AU  - Bovensiepen,Judith
TI  - The Promise of Prosperity
SN  - PP.2018
PY  - 2018///
PB  - ANU Press
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Indigenous peoples
KW  - Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
KW  - Timor-Leste
KW  - Social Policy
KW  - Economic Development
KW  - Oil
N1  - Open Access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27365/1/promise.pdf
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27365/1/promise.pdf
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27365/1/promise.pdf
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/29421
ER  -