Peace Dividend Marketplace Timor-Leste

The Peace Dividend Marketplace Timor-Leste project (PDM-TL) was launched in August 2007. PDM-TL is based in Dili with field offices in Baucau, Covalima, and Viqueque and works with local businesses in each of Timor-Leste's 13 districts. The PDM-TL project supports long-term economic recovery by encouraging the international community to buy and hire locally. In the predominantly rural economy of Timor-Leste, the project has an added focus on facilitating transactions in the districts where poverty rates are highest. PDM-TL also works on facilitating cross-border transactions between rural entrepreneurs and Indonesian buyers, creating lasting trade relationships.