Asia Insights : East Timor
Population
: 13,7 m
Surface area: sg. km 181080
Population growth: 2%
Life expectancy (2002): 57
Population below national poverty line N.A.
GNI per capita: 350
GDP: 48 billion $
Source: World
Development Indicators Database 2004
Head
of State:
President
Gusmao, Kay Rala Xanana
Prime Minister
Alkatiri, Mari Bin Amude
Source: Chiefs
of States
Facts and background
CIA
World Factbook
East
Timor: Historical background
Source: Reliefweb
Politics and society
Political
Resources on the net
TimorNet
An Information Resource
Service on East Timor
Government sites
Governo
de Timor-Leste
[Government of East Timor]
Political parties
União
Democrática Timorense (UDT)
[Timorese Democratic Union]
Main
Political Parties from Elections around the World
Elections
Elections
around the World
UNTAET
Independent
Election Commission
East
Timor Election Website
List of parties and candidates and news
CNN
Election Watch
News agencies
East
Timor Press
News
ReliefWeb
TimorNet
TimorToDay
Timor Aid Information Service
News from foreign sources
BBC
Country Profile: East Timor
Research Institutions, Libraries and
Networks
East
Timor - Bibliography and Articles
from University of Coimbra,
Portugal
International
Federation for East Timor (IFET)
East-Timor-Studies Discussion
Group mediated by Prof John MacDougall
groups.yahoo.com
Development organisations / agencies
United
Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET)
UNDP
Human Development Report
Other resources
East
Timor NGO Forum
Welcome
to East Timor
Amnesty
International
Human
Rights Watch
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