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Timor Leste
Lessons from Dili
IN the United Kingdom-based Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index for 2016, Timor Leste ranked 43rd most democratic country worldwide, based on five variables: electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of the government, political participation, political culture and civil liberties. In three out of these five categories, the Philippines outstripped Timor Leste. The two categories in which we didn’t quite do as well were the functioning of government and political culture. The final tally, however, placed Timor Leste fifth in Asia and first in Southeast Asia, ahead of the Philippines at 50.