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April 2021
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Our impact, their voices
Local communities benefiting from market linkages to agro-forestry areas in Timor-Leste
14 April 2021
The rural road project has benefited local communities, providing better access to markets, farms, public health, education and community services.
February 2021
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Our impact, their voices
Additional incomes help rural communities of Timor-Leste during the pandemic
22 February 2021
To assist the economic recovery, the ILO with support from its social partners in Timor-Leste support rural communities to survive the COVID-19 pandemic by providing direct employment opportunities.
November 2020
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Our impact
The road to employment and livelihoods in Timor-Leste
02 November 2020
Lack of access to schools, marketplaces and hospitals is a challenge for communities in Timor-Leste, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. An ILO initiative to rehabilitate rural roads is helping break their isolation, provide jobs and improve livelihoods.
September 2019
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Our impact, their voices
Paving the way to inclusive rural development in Timor-Leste
05 September 2019
Timor-Leste needs to promote sustainable, inclusive employment and growth in its rural areas, where 70 per cent of the population live, if it is to achieve its development targets. To help, an ILO infrastructure project is finding work for women and those with disabilities in the agro-forestry sector.
December 2017
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Our impact, their voices
Social protection in Timor Leste: The difference dialogue can make in protecting the poor
08 December 2017
Despite being the youngest nation in Asia, Timor-Leste is taking a proactive and coordinated approach to ensure a better life for its citizens with a national Social Protection Strategy for 2017-2030.
March 2017
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Publication
Launch of the R4D Programme Phase II: Rural road development for better rural employment and economy
24 March 2017
Capturing the benefits of the rural roads and the commitments shown by the local government and donor.
June 2016
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Our impact, their voice
Working out of poverty in Timor-Leste
24 June 2016
Timor-Leste’s long journey to independence eroded large segments of the economy and infrastructure. Despite recent and rapid oil-fuelled growth, poverty has remained acute with half the population living on less than a dollar a day.
August 2015
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Impact Stories
ERA Stories: Proving Women Can
22 August 2015
When Rosa Sarmento announced to her husband that she was would be a community overseer on a road building project for a difficult and mountainous road in her village of Metagou, she might have well announced that she was flying to the moon.
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Impact Stories
ERA Stories: Opening up remote communities in Timor-Leste
21 August 2015
Sitting on a brand new motorbike, in front of his newly constructed house, Gilberto Baptista, a busy motorcycle taxi driver, admits he owes all his recent good fortune to the newly rehabilitated Leohitu road, Timor-Leste.
February 2014
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Rural development
"Money finds us!" - Enriching the vegetable harvest in Timor-Leste
28 February 2014
How an ILO supported project helped a local community to improve their farming practices, develop their market access, create jobs and support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.