List of Tables List of Figures List of Maps List of Contributors Acknowledgements Preface; X.Gusmao Preface; C.Belo Preface; J.R.Horta Preface; Asian Development Bank PART I: INTRODUCTION The Key Issues; H.Hill & M.Saldanha PART II: MANAGING THE MACROECONOMY Currency and Monetary Arrangement for East Timor; G.de.Brouwer Folly or Foresight: Strategic Options for Fiscal Policy in East Timor; J.K.Rosengard PART III: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS Trade and Commercial Policy; H.Hill East Timor's Economic Relations with Indonesia; H.Soesastro PART IV: AGRICULTUE AND THE RURAL ECONOMY Food Policy in East Timor: Linking Agriculture, Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation to Achieve Food Security; C.P.Timmer The Rural Economy and Institutions in East Timor; C.Barlow Coffee and the Economy in East Timor; J.Pomeroy Agriculture, Comparative Advantage and the Macroeconomy; H.da.Costa Diversity and Differential Development in East Timor: Potential Problems and Future Possibilities; J.J.Fox PARTV: INSTITUTIONS Property Rights in East Timor's Reconstruction and Development; D.Fitzpatrick Future Political Structures and Institutions in East Timor; J.A.C.Mackie PART VI: BANKING AND FINANCE Finance Policies for East Timor; RH.McLeod Transport and Power; C.Cheatham & S.Jarvenpaa PART VII: SOCIAL POLICY Poverty, Equity and Living Standards in East Timor: Challenges for the New Nation; A.Booth Social Policy Issues in East Timor: Education and Health; G.W.Jones PART VIII: LESSONS FROM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE Country Size and Economic Performance: A Commentary with Implications for East Timor; J.M.Saldanha & J.Tavares Reconstruction of War-torn Economies: Lessons for East Timor; J.Haughton Lessons for Development from Pacific Island Countries; S.Chand The Papua New Guinea Experience: Some Issues for the Early Years of East Timor; A.Elek Aid, Shocks and Trade: What East Timor Can Learn from African Experience; P.Collier References Author Index Subject Index