About Me:
I am Jo Monteiro, a lawyer by training from Timor-Leste with great interest in public finance and development economics, informed and shaped by over a decade of direct engagement in policy and legislative design and implementation. I like learning other culture, history and languages. I also play basketball in my spare time. As a (future) policy maker, my motivation to research income inequality stems from a deep concern about how (un)equal economic opportunities can affect people鈥檚 lives and livelihoods 鈥 with a particular emphasis on advancing intra-and intergenerational equity in fragile small island developing economies.听
Research Interests:
Fiscal Policy | Income Inequality | Political Economy of Fiscal Policy | Tax Law | Extractive Industry | Climate Finance in SIDs | Gender | ASEAN| Timor-Leste | Fiji | Public Finance Management | Development Economics |
Education:
PhD Student in Taxation (February 2025 -), Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 茄子视频app官网鈥檚 Business School.
LL.M in Tax Law and Policy (Upper Second Class), 2016 鈥 2017, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), England, UK
LL.M in Oil & Gas Law, 2012 鈥 2013, University of Aberdeen鈥檚 School of Law, Scotland, UK
Bachelor鈥檚 Degree (Law/Cum Laude), 2006 鈥 2010, Universitas Narotama Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Summer School in American Law, 2015, Columbia University鈥檚 Summer Program, Amsterdam Law School, Amsterdam, NL
Summer School in Private International Law, 2012, Hague Academy of International Law, Den Haag, NL.听
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Publications:
Monteiro, J. (2018). An evaluation of approaches to control tax avoidance. Tax Specialist, 21(3), 133鈥139. , Sydney, Australia.
Monteiro, J. (2017). Transfer pricing rules For Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste Studies Association, 1(30), 241-249.听 , Timor-Leste.听
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Conference Presentations:
Jo Monteiro, How Timor-Leste鈥檚 fiscal policy has contributed to the reduction of income inequality: a historical review. 9th Timor-Leste Studies Association Conference, Dili, Timor-Leste, July 2025.
Jo Monteiro, Timor-Leste鈥檚 Petroleum Tax Regime: Current Practices and Emerging Challenges, Extractive Industry East Asia and the Pacific Islands Conference held by the World Bank Group, OECD, PITAA and FIRCA, Suva, Fiji, April 2015
Jo Monteiro, Fiscal (鈥淭ax鈥) Stability Clauses under the Production Sharing Contracts: An overview from Timor-Leste鈥檚 perspective, University of Aberdeen Alumni Chapter, Bangkok, Thailand, May 2016.
Jo Monteiro, Addressing Income Inequality in Timor-Leste: an overview from SDG #10 鈥淩educed Inequality鈥, Victoria University Melbourne 鈥 National University of Timor-Leste Conference, Dili, Timor-Leste, July 2017.听
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Awards and Honours:听
NZ Manaaki Scholar (2025)
International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), University of California, Los Angeles (2020)
British Chevening FCDO Awards (2016)
Norwegian Government鈥檚 Oil for Development (鈥淣ORAD鈥) Awards (2012)
Columbia University Summer Program (CSP) Scholar (2015)
The Hague Academy of International Law Scholar (2012)
Distinguished Graduate Awards, Universitas Narotama Surabaya (2010)
Competent Communicator (CC) and Competent Leader (CC), Toastmasters International, CA, USA (2010 鈥 to date).听
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Other:
2017 鈥 to date, an independent (legal and policy) consultant for various international development and finance organisations, i-NGO, and multinational companies (MNCs) both in Timor-Leste and overseas.
2018 鈥 to date, Co-Founder/Mentor/Volunteer, Timor-Leste Debating Group (TLDG), a nationwide parliamentary debating platform for university and high school student with over 5k alumnus and members across the country.
2023 鈥 2024, ASEAN Coordinator (DFAT funded Project, implemented by DT Global), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Timor-Leste
2022 鈥 2023, Board of Director and Managing Director for Legal, Compliance and Ethics, State-owned Mining Company, Timor-Leste.
2020 鈥 2021, Head of Governance, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Timor-Leste
2020 鈥 2022, Board of Director (non-executive), National Petroleum and Mineral Authority, Timor-Leste
2017 鈥 2020, Public Finance Management Legal and Policy Advisor & Chief of Staff, Ministry of Planning and Finance, Timor-Leste
2013 鈥 2016, Tax Legal Advisor, Timor-Leste鈥檚 Tax Authority, Timor-Leste
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Why did you choose UC?
I chose UC Business School because of my supervisors. Besides, NZ鈥檚 famous work-life-balance attitude also motivated me to choose UC and NZ in general.听
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Best things about study at UC:
UC in general and the Business School in particular is highly supportive of their students. Their pastoral care is amazing. There is always someone available to talk to whenever needed.听
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