Treating the transition to peace as “development as usual” has, moreover, led to new violence in East Timor, a country that the UN once trumpeted as a success story. The commercial exploitation of rich oil and gas reserves in the Timor Gap could have facilitated reconstruction and created jobs for the 30% of the labor force that is unemployed.
另外，把向和平过渡当作“常规发展”对待的做法在东帝汶也造成了新的暴力情况。而联合国还曾一度将该国鼓吹为成功的实例。对“帝汶海”(Timor Gap) 丰富油气资源的商业开采本可以有力地推动该国的重建，并为30%的失业劳力大军创造工作机会。然而在国际货币基金组织的大力鼓动下，东帝汶却创建了一支挪威式的，未雨绸缪的“石油基金”。但对它来说，现在就正是风雨无常的时期。