fbpx Timor-Leste and ADB | Asian Development Bank

Timor-Leste and ADB

ADB supports Timor-Leste in strengthening its basic infrastructure and services and building a sound country system as it moves to expand its assistance to other sectors.

In the Spotlight

Timor-Leste Facts

ADB's Work in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste demonstrated resilience amid the resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic since March 2021 and the severe flooding that struck the country caused by cyclone Seroja in April 2021. In response to the devastating impact of the flooding, ADB provided a $1 million grant for immediate relief efforts for the Hamutuk Serbi Komunidade cash-for-work project.

ADB accelerated its assistance to other sectors to support the Government of Timor-Leste’s pandemic response through Timor-Leste’s first loans in the urban water, air transport, and energy sectors. The $47 million loan for urban water services will bring reliable access to 62,000 people in the municipal capitals of Lospalos, Viqueque, and Same. The $135 million loan for the expansion of Dili’s Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport will improve international connectivity and boost trade and tourism in the country. The $35 million energy sector loan will modernize the power distribution system, enhance electricity access, and provide a more resilient and reliable power system. Two additional projects are proposed in the road transport and urban water sectors for 2022.

  More on ADB's work in Timor-Leste
  Country Partnership Strategies

Data: Timor-Leste

Economic Forecasts

Economic Forecasts

Forecasts are based on ADB's flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook. Updated four times a year, it analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.

  Learn more
Poverty in Timor-Leste

Poverty in Timor-Leste

Development indicators for Timor-Leste, including a selection of economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.

  Learn more
Results of ADB-Supported Operations

Results of ADB-Supported Operations

Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.

  Learn more
Projects Cofinanced

Projects Cofinanced

Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects.

  Learn more

ADB Projects in Timor-Leste   View all projects

Featured

Approved/Active

Proposed

  See procurement and consulting opportunities

What's New

Contact: Timor-Leste Resident Mission (TLRM)

Rua Cabo Verde No 16, Posto Administrativo, Vera Cruz, Suco Motael, Aldeia Halibur, Dili, Timor-Leste

  Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

  Tel +670 3306200
  E-mail
  ADBTimorLesteResidentMission
Sunil MITRA (Mr)
Country Director
  E-mail
Kavita IYENGAR (Ms)
Country Economist
  E-mail
Jose PERREIRA (Mr)
Senior Project Officer
  E-mail
Elsty DAVIDZ-MORATO (Ms)
Senior Social Development Officer (Gender)
  E-mail

  About TLRM

The Timor-Leste Resident Mission (TLRM) was opened in 2000 and provides the primary operational link for activities between ADB and the government, the private sector, civil society stakeholders, and development partners. The resident mission engages in policy dialogue, country partnership strategy development and programming, and portfolio management, while also acting as a knowledge base on development issues in Timor-Leste.

  Holidays 2022

TLRM will be closed on these dates:

  • New Year's Day: January 3 (Monday), in lieu of January 1
  • Holy Thursday: April 14 (Thursday)
  • Good Friday: April 15 (Friday)
  • Labor Day: May 2 (Monday), in lieu of May 1
  • Independence Day: May 20 (Friday)
  • Popular Consultation Day: August 30 (Tuesday)
  • All Saint's Day: November 1 (Tuesday)
  • All Soul's Day: November 2 (Wednesday)
  • Proclamation of Independence Day: November 28 (Monday)
  • Christmas Day: December 26 (Monday), in lieu of December 25

Last updated: 28 December 2021