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Following the 1999 referendum the education sector was virtually non-functional. Almost 20 percent of primary school teachers and most system administrators left the country. Ninety percent of schools and educational facilities were destroyed. Since 1999 substantial progress has been made in rehabilitation and new construction, and enrollment has increased.
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Timor-Leste has a small and fragmented power system. A 19MW diesel power plant in Dili serves 26,500 Dili customers. District and sub-district capitals are served by some 60 isolated small power sub-systems mainly administered by communities and with a total generation capacity (mainly using diesel) of about 16 MW. The Dili power system is not linked to smaller sub-systems in district capitals and rural areas. Large consumers have captive diesel generation of another 10 MW.
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Timor-Leste is determined to overcome the numerous social and demographic obstacles to the promotion of equality and gender balance. Since 1999, the Government has committed to mainstreaming gender in its National Develoment Plan.
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| | | | | |  | | Health Nutrition & Population
The Government has designed and implemented a health program that balances immediate and long term needs, and today the health sector is perhaps the best performing in the country.
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|  | | | | |  | | Labor & Social Protection
Timor-Leste has made significant progress since independence, but economic and employment growth remain key concerns in its development.
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| | | | | |  | | Rural Development & Agriculture
Agriculture contributes 30 percent of the non-petroleum GDP of Timor-Leste and 80 percent of the population in Timor-Leste is dependent on agriculture, forestry and fisheries for their livelihoods. While the nation-wide poverty incidence is around 40 percent, 86 percent of the poor live in rural areas.
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| | | | | |  | | Social Development
Timor-Leste is a young nation, with 53 percent below the age of 17. On the other hand, Timor-Leste is addressing the difficult challenge of developing policies to honor and assist veterans of the resistance in a timely and systematic fashion.
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The Government and community of Timor-Leste face substantial challenges in the transport sector.
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The World Bank is supporting the development of initiatives to assist youth as one of the national priorities.
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