Timor-Leste’s tourism industry offers investment opportunities in hospitality, eco-tourism, and infrastructure.

Indonesia’s occupation of Timor-Leste from 1975 to 1998 was marked by violence and resulted in large-scale destruction of economic infrastructure. Since gaining independence in 2002, this island ...

No matter how large quantity of food humans can produce, it will never be a sustainable way to feed the world when food ...

But more than a quarter of Timor-Leste’s population still live in absolute poverty and almost half in multi-dimensional poverty, with a similar proportion facing acute food insecurity. Almost half of ...

The displaced people sheltering in the convent also received support from UN agencies for medical and food assistance, as ...

Gaspar said Timor-Leste is also focusing on diversifying its economy, which remains heavily reliant on oil and gas revenues. The country’s priority is to develop agriculture for food security and ...

Timor-Leste is on the verge of attaining full membership in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), having fulfilled about 70 per cent of the required criteria. Ambassador of Timor-Leste ...

According to the UN, nearly half of the population of Timor Leste currently lives below the national poverty line. "The annual budget to increase food production in the country is only about $4.7m ...