You can’t go too fast on the narrow and winding road to Manatutu, about two and a half hours east of Dili. It is a magnificent road, at times taking you up the side of a hill, at times right by the beach. The views all along the way are astounding: the clear, azure waters [...]
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Great Gains for Tiny Timor-Leste – Reflections from the Road Part 2
Development Half a World Away: Field Visit Day Two and Departure By Frank Young, USAID’s Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Asia It was the second day of our field trip to visit USAID projects in rural Timor-Leste. That morning, we headed down the mountain to participate in a harvest ceremony of high-value horticulture crops being [...]
Great Gains for Tiny Timor-Leste – Reflections from the Road
Development Half a World Away: Arrival and Field Visit Day One Submitted by Frank Young, USAID Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Asia I touched down at the one-building international airport in Dili, Timor-Leste, on July 24 and was met by Mission Director Mark White. As we dashed to his car, he told me that he [...]
