Suvendrini Kakuchi interviews EMILIA PIRES, finance minister, Timor Leste
Emilia Pires, finance minister of Timor Leste. Credit: Suvendrini Kakuchi/IPS
BUSAN, South Korea, Dec 2, 2011 (IPS) – The new deal for the ‘fragile states,’ from the G7+ – a group of 19 countries that struggle with poverty, instability and violent conflict – has been hailed as a major breakthrough at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness here, earlier this week.
