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East Timor: Unsafe oil power project

Categories: East Asia, Timor-Leste, Economics & Business, Environment, Governance

La'o Hamutuk reports that the construction of an oil power plant [1] in East Timor is encountering many problems. It observed that the project is characterized by “bad planning, dubious procurement procedures, incompetent contractors, illegal practices, poor oversight, and lack of transparency and accountability.”