IDT funds slow to reach families

IDT funds slow to reach families

DILI, East Timor: Channeling of the state-sponsored IDT funds
for the eradication of poverty here is too slow, a senior
government official said here Thursday.

Mubyarto, an assistant to State Minister of National
Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita, said the channeling
of funds has impeded poverty eradication programs in the province.

Speaking to reporters during yesterday's visit to the Camea
village of Dili Timur subdistrict, he cited the fact that only
42,000 out of the registered 138,000 poor families have received
the funds, which started five years ago.

He said 37,796 families out of 96,000 who have also not yet
received funds were those targeted to receive the Takesra and
Kukesra, another state-sponsored rolling funds scheme designed to
help people start their own small businesses. (33)