Building Markets - Timor-Leste :: Buy Local, Build Timor-Leste

Well yesterday we announced the immediate closure of the Peace Dividend Marketplace project in Timor-Leste.  There are some interested donors, but time was against us, so closure was announced via @twitter here in English and Read more

Well many people have often bemoaned the fact that Timor-Leste cannot not manufacture anything. Pessimism never got anyone anywhere – and the Timorese and their business partners are proving some of us all wrong.  I was driving up the road in Becora today and I was reminded of some things I saw over the weekend on a tour of some of the western districts.

What did I see in Becora?  A power pole manufacturer….

Well what can I say?  ”Imitation is the highest form of flattery.”  Some years ago we painted the Tiga Rodas of Dili with this below logo.

That rather annoying, but attractive, orange circle.

You can see all the pics of the tiga rodas here: Read more

Ema barak sempre husu, lolos serbisu saida maka ami ninia ekipa halo durante ne’e iha Peace Dividend Trust/PDT? Esplikasaun barak klarifika ona liu husi apresentasaun iha seminario sira, liu husi media hanesan journal, video, brosura no seluk-seluk tan katak,  serbisu ne’ebe ami nia ekipa hala’o mak serbisu Ligasaun ka iha liafuan ingles dehan “Matchmaking”.  Maibe lolos, saida maka serbisu Ligasaun ka “Matchmaking” ne’e?... Read more

Well here at PDT we are turning into something of plane spotters.  We have blogged a bit on the nascent airline business in Timor-Leste December 2010, and February 2011.

The long long awaited... Read more