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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Main Authors:	Akmeemana, Sakuntala, Porter, Douglas
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES VIOLENCE BUDGET EXECUTION POLITICAL POWER ELITE CAPTURE
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

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spelling	okr-10986-317602021-04-23T14:05:10Z Just Buying the Peace? : Subnational Spending, Institutional Innovation, and the Political Order in Timor-Leste Akmeemana, Sakuntala Porter, Douglas SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES VIOLENCE BUDGET EXECUTION POLITICAL POWER ELITE CAPTURE 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. 2019-05-31T20:30:14Z 2019-05-31T20:30:14Z 2015-12 Working Paper 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 English Justice, Security and Development Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Timor-Leste
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topic	SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES VIOLENCE BUDGET EXECUTION POLITICAL POWER ELITE CAPTURE
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description	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.
format	Working Paper
author	Akmeemana, Sakuntala Porter, Douglas
author_facet	Akmeemana, Sakuntala Porter, Douglas
author_sort	Akmeemana, Sakuntala
title	Just Buying the Peace? : Subnational Spending, Institutional Innovation, and the Political Order in Timor-Leste
title_short	Just Buying the Peace? : Subnational Spending, Institutional Innovation, and the Political Order in Timor-Leste
title_full	Just Buying the Peace? : Subnational Spending, Institutional Innovation, and the Political Order in Timor-Leste
title_fullStr	Just Buying the Peace? : Subnational Spending, Institutional Innovation, and the Political Order in Timor-Leste
title_full_unstemmed	Just Buying the Peace? : Subnational Spending, Institutional Innovation, and the Political Order in Timor-Leste
title_sort	just buying the peace? : subnational spending, institutional innovation, and the political order in timor-leste
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	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
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Just Buying the Peace? : Subnational Spending, Institutional Innovation, and the Political Order in Timor-Leste

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