Timor-Leste

Capital City:

Dili

Languages:

Tetum, Portuguese, Indonesian and English

Category: Social
Indicator	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education			68.099999999999994		63				MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage	26.1	26.1	25.3	25.3	25.3	29.2	29.2	29.2	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)									World Bank

Category: Land
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha)	337	362	362	365	385	385	385	375	375	FAO
Forest area (sq km)	8,540	8,428	8,316	8,204	8,092	7,980	7,868	7,756		World Bank
Forest area (% of land area)	57.43	56.68	55.92	55.17	54.42	53.67	52.91	52.16		World Bank

Category: Demographics
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
Country population	815,310	834,521	866,655	907,539	950,750	991,601	1,028,910	1,064,140	1,098,390	1,133,590	World Bank
Population annual growth	0.490216	2.32895	3.77831	4.60956	4.65146	4.20697	3.69345	3.36679	3.16739	3.15513	World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)	520					420			370		World Bank

Category: Indices
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
HDI - Human Development Index						0.428	0.445	0.471	0.492	0.497	0.502	UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).

Category: Economy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)	790	690	700	690	990	1,490	1,990	3,130	4,730			World Bank
ODA received as % of GNI	71.56	69.22	74.76000000000001	56.3	35.8	26.59	21.51	16.1	9.52			UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

Category: Energy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Electric power consumption (kWh)												World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)												World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)												World Bank

Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC)			161	161	176	176	180	183				MDG Database (CDIAC Data)

Category: Freshwater
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Improved water source (% of population with access)	52					63			69			World Bank

Category: Biodiversity
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	6.36	6.36	6.36		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies:

Title	Programme Name	Programme Description	Year
Disaster management Strategy - Timor-Leste	National Disaster Risk Management Plan	Strategy Description	2005
PRSP - Timor-Leste	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—National Development Plan, Road Map for Implementation of National Development Plan, Overview of Sector Investment Programs—Strategies and Priorities for the Medium Term	Strategy Description	2005
NBSAP - Timor-Leste	National Biodiversty Strategy and Action Plan and Related Biodiversity Enabling Activities in Timor-Leste (PIMS 4083)	Strategy Description	2008
NSDS - Timor-Leste		Strategy Description National Information / National Reports

WRI Releases Report on "Reefs at Risk" in Coral Triangle

Date: 27 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

July 2012: The World Resources Institute (WRI), together with the Coral Triangle Support Partnership (CTSP), have released a reported titled “Reefs at Risk Revisited in the Coral Triangle.” The report was adapted from WRI’s 2011 global analysis of threats to coral reefs, titled “Reefs at Risk Revisited,” supplemented with additional information and data for the Coral Triangle region. The report was released at the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, taking place from 9-13 July...

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CDP Paper Considers Role of Climate Vulnerability in Identifying LDCs

Date: 16 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

June 2012: The UN Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) Committee for Development Policy (CDP) has published a background paper reviewing the role of climate change vulnerability in identifying Least Developed Countries (LDCs). It argues that climate change should not be regarded as a new and separate handicap, but as a factor that could aggravate existing handicaps to development. The paper, titled “Climate Change Vulnerability and the Identification of Least Developed Countries,” is...

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CTI Paper Outlines Strategic Links With Rio+20 Themes

Date: 09 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

4 July 2012: The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) has produced a white paper arguing that strategies to achieve CTI objectives also have been effective in achieving commitments from the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, or Rio Earth Summit), and now offer an opportunity to deliver on new emerging priorities from the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). Launched on 19 June 2012, on the sidelines of...

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