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Little to show for billions spent in East Timor
Quick ReadIndependent East Timor flooded with aid, yet most are worse off a decade later
DILI, East Timor (AP) — A decade after tiny East Timor broke from Indonesia and prompted one of the most expensive U.N.-led nation-building projects in history, there is little to show for the billions spent.
The world has given more than $8.8 billion in assistance to East Timor since the vote for independence in 1999, according to figures compiled by The Associated Press from the U.N. and...
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