Coordinator and co-author of the first National Human Development Report of Timor Leste, for UNDP-Timor Leste (2002).

Economic advisor (Oct2002-Sep2006) of the Banking and Payments Authority of Timor Leste, the central bank of this new country.

Coordinator of the group who established the curricula of the undergratuate teaching in Economics and Management taught by Portuguese professors/lecturers at the Universidade Nasional Timor Lorosa'e according with an agreement with the Portuguese Universities. He taught a course on "Timor-Leste Economics"

During his teaching career he also taught courses on portuguese economy, macroeconomics, african economics and economic policy.

He taught, as a Visiting Fellow, at

• the Faculty of Economics of the Eduardo Mondlane University (Maputo/Mozambique) (1984, 1992 and 2007);
   
• the Department of History of the Federal University of Mato Grosso (Brazil) (1987); and
   
• the Faculty of Labor and Management Sciences (ISCTE) (Lisbon/Portugal) (1993-96; course on "African Economics" at the Master in Socio-Economic African Studies).

He taught development economic policy on some training courses for Angolan and Capeverdean economists both in Portugal and in Cape Verde.

His Ph.D. Thesis is about the economic policy --- mainly the agricultural and rural policies --- of Mozambique between Independence (1975) and 1985.

He has been the coordinator of two research projects on East Asia (from South Korea to Thailand) and South Asia (Indian subcontinent). The research has included field work in Macau, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, Singapore, Malaysia, India and United Kingdom.

He delivered conferences in Portugal, Brazil (Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, Bahía and Paraíba Universities), France (Faculté d'Économie and Institute d'Études Politiques de l'Université de Bordeaux-IV), Macau (Polytechnic Institute), Mozambique (Eduardo Mondlane University and Faculty of International Relalions) and People's Republic of China (Zhejiang University).

Besides his scientific activity he also developed other academic jobs:

• Former President of the Centre of African and of Development Studies (CEsA) of the Faculty of Economics and Management (ISEG/UTL). He is now (2006) the Vice-President;
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Department of Economics of his Faculty (1993 and 1994;
• Coordinator, at this Department, of the ERASMUS Program between 1993 and 1996; and
• Member of the Portuguese Committee of the "Association of Portuguese Speaking Economists".

Some publications

• Casino "Macau": evolução da situação da RAEMacau após a transferência de administração, CEsA, Doc. Trabalho nº 72, Lisboa, 2006
• Timor Leste: o petróleo e o futuro, CEsA, Doc. Trabalho nº 71, Lisboa, 2006
• On line course on Development economic policies ("Políticas Económicas de Desenvolvimento"), Janeiro/1999-2006
• Several publications on the Timor-Leste economy, including contributions to the "Economic Bulletin" and to the Annual Report of the Banking and Payments Authority of Timor-Leste
• webmaster of the site on Timor-Leste economic and social issues InfoTimor;
• (with Luís Quintaneiro) "A crise das economias emergentes da Ásia: modelos de desenvolvimento e condicionamento financeiro internacional" ["Emerging Asia economic crisis: development models and international financial conditioning"] in III Encontro de Economistas de Língua Portuguesa -- Comunicações, Macau, 1998"
• "China: as reformas económicas da era pós-Mao" ["China: the post-Mao economic reforms"] in Administração - Revista da Adminstração Pública de Macau (Macau), nº 36, Jul/1997, pgs 449-495 (in portuguese) and pgs 675-709 (in chinese)
• Os processos de desenvolvimento dos 'velhos' Novos Países Industrializados. Lições das estratégias e das políticas de desenvolvimento [The development processes of the 'old' New Industrialized Countries. Lessons of the economic strategies and policies], CEsA/ISEG (Documento de Trabalho nº 42), Lisboa, 1996
• Malásia: de desigualdade em desigualdade até à igualdade final? [Malaysia: from inequality to inequality until final equality?], CEsA/ISEG (Documento de Trabalho nº 41), Lisboa, 1996
• Singapura: a história de um sucesso económico [Singapore: the history of an economic success], CEsA (Documento de Trabalho nº 40), Lisboa, 1996
• Moçambique independente: que futuro? [Independent Mozambique: what future?] paper presented to the II International Meeting of Portuguese Speaking Economists, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Setember/1995
• "Moçambique independente: os anos da juventude", [Independent Mozambique: the early years] in AA.VV. Ensaios de homenagem a Francisco Pereira de Moura, ISEG/UTL, Lisboa, 1995, pgs 655-673