Just Buying the Peace? : Subnational Spending, Institutional Innovation, and the Political Order in Timor-Leste
In the wake of the country’s political crisis and ensuing outbreak of violence in 2006, the newly elected government of Timor-Leste embarked upon a fivefold increase in public spending. This initiative is widely seen as an exemplar of ‘buying the p...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/824541557899936199/Just-Buying-the-Peace-Subnational-Spending-Institutional-Innovation-and-the-Political-Order-in-Timor-Leste http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31760 |
| Summary: | In the wake of the country’s political
crisis and ensuing outbreak of violence in 2006, the newly
elected government of Timor-Leste embarked upon a fivefold
increase in public spending. This initiative is widely seen
as an exemplar of ‘buying the peace’, in this case,
deploying petroleum wealth for the sole purpose of ‘offering
cash payments and contracts to potential spoilers.’ This
paper focused on the political, economic, and social
conditions in the aftermath of the conflict that led elites
to invest in institutions and governing domains where
crucial social contests were occurring. |
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