Portuguese-speaking Small Island Developing States The Development Journeys of Cabo Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste

This book assesses the dynamics, challenges and achievements of the development processes of three Portuguese-speaking Small Island Developing States (PSSIDS) - Cabo Verde, São Tome and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste. Important lessons are drawn from those processes, which are relevant for policymakers, as well as for their bilateral and multilateral development partners, including international organizations such as United Nations or the Community of Portuguese Language Countries. To that end, the book includes contributions to the academic literature about SIDS, an area of research that has been significantly overlooked. The conclusions would be of interest to readers as a lead up to the fiftieth anniversary of their independence.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Portuguese-speaking Small Island Developing States: definition, relevance, commonalities and specificities.- Chapter 3: The Portuguese-speaking Small Island Developing States – The journey of their political systems: construction, transformation and transitions.- Chapter 4: Portuguese-Speaking Small Island Developing States: Their journey of economic development.- Chapter 5: The Portuguese-speaking Small Island Developing States: Their journey of social development.- Chapter 6: The Portuguese-Speaking Small Island Developing States: The journey of their foreign policies and international relations.- Chapter 7: The Portuguese-speaking Small Island Developing States: Looking forward.

Francisco José B.S. Leandro is Associate Professor with Habilitation at Faculty of Social Sciences - University of Macau, China.

Enrique Martínez-Galán is an integrated researcher at the Centre for African and Development Studies - ISEG-Lisbon School of Economics and Management of the University of Lisbon, Portugal.