The article asks if Timor-Leste's high rate of economic growth has been matched by progress in reaching the young nation's goal of inclusive opportunity. The answer is ‘yes’. Opportunity is defined as a function of circumstances and policy, and is represented by usage of basic public...

The recent commodity price boom resulted from rising demand in the face of a long period of low supply growth and market distortions. Structural factors are expected to return international commodity prices to relatively high levels as the global economy recovers. The Asian and Pacific economies...