Well-Being Buring a Time of Change : Timor-Leste on the Path to Independence

Well-Being Buring a Time of Change : Timor-Leste on the Path to Independence

Countries undergoing fundamental economic and political transformations might experience differential adjustments in material well-being and empowerment. The author evaluates self-rated welfare and power changes in Timor-Leste covering the period prior to the 1999 referendum on independence from Ind...

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Main Author: Richter, Kaspar
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
EMPLOYMENT
HEALTH CARE
HOUSING
LIVESTOCK
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
RADIO
SAFETY
VIOLENCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5601826/well-being-during-time-change-timor-leste-path-independence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8893
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spelling okr-10986-88932021-04-23T14:02:42Z Well-Being Buring a Time of Change : Timor-Leste on the Path to Independence Richter, Kaspar EMPLOYMENT HEALTH CARE HOUSING LIVESTOCK POLITICAL PARTICIPATION RADIO SAFETY VIOLENCE Countries undergoing fundamental economic and political transformations might experience differential adjustments in material well-being and empowerment. The author evaluates self-rated welfare and power changes in Timor-Leste covering the period prior to the 1999 referendum on independence from Indonesia to the eve of independence in end 2001. Drawing on the first nationally representative household survey and village census, he shows how subjective, objective, and recall information can be combined to provide a rich profile of trends in well-being from the pre- to post-conflict stage. The author s analysis shows that changes in self-rated welfare and power broadly corresponded to changes recorded by objective indicators. While economic well-being improved little, empowerment increased dramatically. The changes were not uniform across the population but some groups benefited more than others. The evidence for Timor-Leste is consistent with these hypotheses: a) Economic resources increase welfare, and more than power; b) Social resources increase power, and more than welfare; c) Welfare winners have low initial economic resources; d) Power winners have high social resources; and e) Economic shocks reduce welfare and power, but welfare more than power. 2012-06-22T21:52:29Z 2012-06-22T21:52:29Z 2005-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5601826/well-being-during-time-change-timor-leste-path-independence http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8893 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3488 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Timor-Leste
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topic EMPLOYMENT
HEALTH CARE
HOUSING
LIVESTOCK
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
RADIO
SAFETY
VIOLENCE
spellingShingle EMPLOYMENT
HEALTH CARE
HOUSING
LIVESTOCK
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
RADIO
SAFETY
VIOLENCE
Richter, Kaspar
Well-Being Buring a Time of Change : Timor-Leste on the Path to Independence
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description Countries undergoing fundamental economic and political transformations might experience differential adjustments in material well-being and empowerment. The author evaluates self-rated welfare and power changes in Timor-Leste covering the period prior to the 1999 referendum on independence from Indonesia to the eve of independence in end 2001. Drawing on the first nationally representative household survey and village census, he shows how subjective, objective, and recall information can be combined to provide a rich profile of trends in well-being from the pre- to post-conflict stage. The author s analysis shows that changes in self-rated welfare and power broadly corresponded to changes recorded by objective indicators. While economic well-being improved little, empowerment increased dramatically. The changes were not uniform across the population but some groups benefited more than others. The evidence for Timor-Leste is consistent with these hypotheses: a) Economic resources increase welfare, and more than power; b) Social resources increase power, and more than welfare; c) Welfare winners have low initial economic resources; d) Power winners have high social resources; and e) Economic shocks reduce welfare and power, but welfare more than power.
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author Richter, Kaspar
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title Well-Being Buring a Time of Change : Timor-Leste on the Path to Independence
title_short Well-Being Buring a Time of Change : Timor-Leste on the Path to Independence
title_full Well-Being Buring a Time of Change : Timor-Leste on the Path to Independence
title_fullStr Well-Being Buring a Time of Change : Timor-Leste on the Path to Independence
title_full_unstemmed Well-Being Buring a Time of Change : Timor-Leste on the Path to Independence
title_sort well-being buring a time of change : timor-leste on the path to independence
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
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