Timor-Leste Eighth Progress Report

Abstract

The program of Trust Fund for East Timor (TFET)-funded projects sought to address the emergency rehabilitation needs following the destruction that took place in September 1999. Asian Development Bank (ADB) managed six of the projects,1 primarily in infrastructure sectors but also in fisheries and microfinance among economic sectors. ADB also funded, from its own resources and in partnership with the Japan Special Fund, an ongoing program of 22 technical assistance (TAs)2—some supporting the sectoral activities but the majority addressing the urgent needs of the Government of Timor-Leste to rebuild and develop the institutions and capacity of government itself. Fourteen of the TAs have been completed.