%T Despite the odds: Timor-Leste’s quest to avoid a debt trap dilemma and achieve democratic stability %A Hunter Marston %I Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy %D 2019 %K International relations, %K International cooperation, %K Economic development, %K Debt, %K International trade, %K Fair trading regulation %U https://apo.org.au/node/235046 %X This paper details how Dilli might opt to confront some of its most sizable challenges—whether in terms of providing sustainable economic growth, pursuing democratic consolidation, or in fending off some of the more predatory trade policies of its larger neighbors. %9 Report