Re: Birth of a new country
If cool names mean anything in politics, Megawati Sukarnoputri has a great future. I want to name a kid Megawati!
I don't know what her politics are, but it will be interesting to see which way the nation goes: Hong Kong, North Korea, or some mediocre mixed economy combination?
"The world, including the World Bank, East Timor's neighbors, the United States, must help in facing those challenges. But the people of East Timor will forge their own future."
If they've got any sense, they won't touch the World Bank with a ten-foot pole.