Timor-Leste

(i) 20 April 2020, The government approved a stimulus package to manage economic and financial risks from the COVID-19 including (a) cash transfers with a monthly basic income to over 214,000 households, worth USD100 per month per household, lasting for 3 months; (b) purchasing of 3-month emergency supply of rice, (c) maintaining transportation channels open for essential goods and medical/emergency goods, (d) waving the payment of electricity (USD15 per month), water bills, and social security contributions, (e) providing stipends to over 4,200 Timorese students studying overseas; (ii) No amount/estimate: 23 September 2020, the Government decided to distribute cash transfers for basic staple foods to eligible households, worth USD25 per month per household, lasting for 2 months (November and December 2020).

(i) 20 April 2020, Wage subsidies (60% of the wage cost) for formal sector employees (30,000 workers); (ii) No amount/estimate: 11 May 2020, the government financed the remaining 60% in the moratorium and forbearance discussed in 3B.

(i) No amount/estimate for Timor-Leste: Policy Advice for COVID-19 Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia, covering 9 countries (USD5 million total); (ii) USD1.6 million allocation for TA9950-REG: Regional Support to Address the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Potential Outbreaks of Other Communicable Diseases. As of 30 January 2021, this has been increased to USD1.92 million. As of 8 October 2021, this has again been increased to USD1.98 million; (iii) 18 June 2020, USD1 million in funding under the program, COVID-19 Food Security Emergency Response; (iv) 3 September 2021, USD0.15 million under the regional project, Supporting Enhanced COVID-19 Vaccination and Post-COVID-19 Health Security Response in Southeast Asia.

(i) 11 May 2020, almost USD1 million in support from the United Nations Development Group from the UN COVID-19 Response & Recover fund; (ii) USD1.1 million in health assistance to Timor-Leste to help prepare laboratory systems, activate case-finding, support technical experts, among others, from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); (iii) 20 May 2020, AUD10 million in quick financial support from Australia to support Pacific countries hit by both the recent cyclone and pandemic; (iv) 4 December 2020, The World Bank approved a USD1 million emergency project for Timor-Leste to support the country’s fight against COVID-19, specifically, by providing support and strengthening existing systems to meet the challenge of future public health emergencies; (v) 5 April 2021, Timor-Leste has received its first batch of vaccines from the COVAX facility; (vi) 9 April 2021, Australia has committed to supplying doses of domestically-manufactured AstraZeneca vaccines to Melanesian countries, including Timor-Leste; (vii) 13 July 2021, Japan has announced that it will provide a total of 11 million vaccines to recepient countries, including Timor-Leste; (vii) 20 July 2021, The Government of Portugal has sent 12,000 COVID-19 vaccines as well as syringes and needles to Timor-Leste as part of its fight against the pandemic.