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Launching a New State

In: The Creation of the East Timorese Economy

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  • Mats Lundahl

    (Stockholm School of Economics)

  • Fredrik Sjöholm

    (Lund University)

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This chapter covers the United Nations rule of East Timor, 1999–2002. The mission was charged with building an entirely new state, from scratch. This was a period with emphasis on peacekeeping and reconstruction activities instead of on institutional development. The contact between the UN personnel and the local population was minimal. It may be argued that some of the decisions taken then negatively affected future outcomes, but the UN necessarily had to tread lightly, given fractured Timorese community and the concern that Indonesia might destabilize the situation. By and large, however, the mission failed to prepare a domestic administration that could take over in a seamless fashion when the international personnel left the country.

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  • Mats Lundahl & Fredrik Sjöholm, 2019. "Launching a New State," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: The Creation of the East Timorese Economy, chapter 0, pages 227-264, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-19466-6_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-19466-6_5
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