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In Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index, which scored 180 countries on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"), Timor-Leste scored 43. When ranked by score, Timor-Leste ranked 70th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. [9]
Timor-Leste Transparency Portal was launched in early 2011, [9] enabling the public to search, evaluate and analyse State expenditures in real time. The reforms helped lead to the reduction by 19 countries of the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index [ 10 ]
The Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor (more commonly known by its Portuguese acronym CAVR: Comissão de Acolhimento, Verdade e Reconciliação de Timor Leste) was an independent truth commission established in East Timor in 2001 under the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) and charged to “inquire into human rights violations committed on all ...
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and the minor islands of Atauro and Jaco. Australia is the country's southern neighbour, separated by the Timor ...
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-western half, and the minor islands of Atauro and Jaco. The western half of the island of Timor is administered by Indonesia.
Existence of poor governance, coupled with lack of accountability and transparency are reasons why Timor-Leste has been unable to break out from this poverty trap. In the 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index, Timor-Leste scored 2.5 (out of 10) and was ranked 127th out of 178 countries. [5] "
Under the Constitution of Timor-Leste, the Minister has the power and the duty: to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Public Works; to ensure relations between the Government and the other organs of the State in the area of responsibility of the Ministry.
The Government at its swearing in. Initially, the VIII Constitutional Government was drawn from and supported by a coalition known as the Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP), which was made up of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), the People's Liberation Party (PLP) and Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO).