Timor-Leste Counts Poverty. Families Count the Cost. As competing poverty figures fuel a national debate, three households reveal the daily calculations behind food, school expenses and debt — and how little room remains when something goes wrong. By Lourdes do Rêgo · Adapted from Diligente DILI, Timor-Leste — At five in the morning in Bidau Santa Ana, Jacinta Kaet
Timor-Leste’s Oil Revenues Are Shrinking. Its Economy Still Needs a Plan B Government spending accounts for most of the country’s projected growth, while economists question whether its oil wealth is building an economy that can stand on its own. By Rilijanto Viana · Adapted from Diligente DILI, Timor-Leste — For every dollar’s worth of goods Timor-Leste exported in the first
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