Cotton, James2015-12-132015-12-130004-4687http://hdl.handle.net/1885/85212Independent East Timor, with U.N. support until May 2005, is straining to cope with problems of institution building and development. The vital issue of hydrocarbon revenues remains unresolved because of a territorial dispute with Australia and problems with the structures proposed to manage those resources.Keywords: hydrocarbon resource; institutional development; territorial dispute; Asia; Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia; Southeast Asia; Timor-Leste; World20052015-12-12