| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 4, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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Dire Straits Challenges in East Timor POPULATION Most Timorese are homeless. In Dili and other cities, many houses have been looted and burned INFRASTRUCTURE Power plants, water systems, the electricity grid, and telephone lines have been sabotaged INSTITUTIONS The territory has no government, civil service, currency, or central bank. Local expertise is limited RESISTANCE Army-backed militias have regrouped to partition districts where economic activity is concentrated DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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