East Timor

The Nightmare Continues

East Timor: a Tiny Half Island of “Surplus Humanity”

20 February 2005 - by Ben Moxham

Last Monday, 7 February, the East Timorese newspaper Suara Timor Loro Sa’e reported that at least 53 people had died of starvation in the village of Hatabuiliko since October 2004. “There is absolutely nothing to eat,” reported Domingos de Araujo, (...)
Avoiding Indebtedness and Underdevelopment: Lessons for Timor-Leste

12 December 2004 - by Ben Moxham

Unlike nearly any other nation in the underdeveloped world, Timor-Leste has refused to borrow money from the international community. At this year’s donors meeting in May, the Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri, spelled out his Government’s position: (...)
The World Bank’s Land of Kiosk: ’Community Driven Development" in East Timor

12 March 2004 - by Ben Moxham

As the dust cleared in the aftermath of the Indonesian military orchestrated chaos following the August 30th, 1999 vote for independence, the World Bank arrived ... While the UN focused on elections, law and order and creating an interim (...)