2007 Assessment

This peer-reviewed country report includes:

Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for more than 300 Integrity Indicators.

Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.

Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.

Country Facts: Statistical context for each country.

Timor-Leste is a young country that lacks many important regulatory safeguards that ensure government accountability. Accountability measures in the legislative branch, judicial branch and civil service were all rated very weak, and executive branch accountability was the worst recorded in 2007. Significant international attention has been given to elections in Timor-Leste and assessments of political participation and election integrity suggest these areas are have benefited, though political financing remains to be addressed. In budget processes, there is no legislative accounts committee providing oversight of public funds. Despite a constitutional mandate for a national audit institution, no such institution yet exists.