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Article: EAST TIMOR: WORLD BANK FACES ENORMOUS RECONSTRUCTION TASK
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
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- October 28, 1999
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Inter Press Service English News Wire
10-28-1999
DARWIN, Australia, Oct. 28 (IPS) -- A World Bank mission travels
to East Timor to examine what needs to be done to rebuild the
devastated state formerly occupied by Indonesia even as Bank
officials admit they face major challenges.
They say every aspect of newly independent country's needs --
from reconstruction to governance and the establishment of a
fledgling economy -- poses serious challenges.
The mission, comprising 30 experts from the International
Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank, Australia, Japan, Portugal
and UN agencies will leave Friday the northern Australian city of
Darwin, 500 kilometers from East Timor, along with an ...