[TimorLesteStudies] ANU Research Conversations Series: Water management in the post-conflict city of Baucau, Timor-Leste

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Research Conversations Series on Diverse Economies: Engagements in East Timor, China and Australia.  First Conversation - Enlivening development: Water management in the post-conflict city of Baucau, Timor Leste
Lisa Palmer, Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Department of Resource Management and Geography, University of Melbourne
 
 Hedley Bull Lecture Theatre 2, November 10 2008, 3 pmResearch Conversations Series on Diverse Economies: Engagements in East Timor, China and Australia.  First Conversation - Enlivening development: Water management in the post-conflict city of Baucau, Timor Leste
Lisa Palmer, Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Department of Resource Management and Geography, University of Melbourne.     

 This paper explores how the 'development enterprise' in Timor Leste is (mis)recognizing the potential of existing governance mechanisms within local customary institutions in relation to water supply and management.

Panel of discussants: John McCarthy, Senior Lecturer, Environmental Management and Development Program, Crawford School of Economics and Government; Pyone Myat Thu, PhD Scholar, Department of Human Geography, RSPAS; Aderito Soares, PhD Scholar, Centre for International Governance and Justice, RegNet, RSPAS. Speakers will introduce their paper for 30 minutes. This will be followed by presentations from the discussants, with one hour left for open discussion. Papers will be made available one week before the seminar. Convenor: Katherine Gibson, Department of Human Geography, RSPAS
		
Enquiries: Sandra Davenport, Ph: +61 2 61252205.

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