Launching a New State

Mats Lundahl () and Fredrik Sjöholm
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Mats Lundahl: Stockholm School of Economics

Chapter Chapter 5 in The Creation of the East Timorese Economy, 2019, pp 227-264 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-19466-6_5

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