Difficulties with project delivery in Aceh

摘要

While aid money was made available swiftly following the tsunami that devastated large areas of Sumatra and other regions around the Indian Ocean more than a year ago, turning that money into reconstruction projects has been a lot slower. Indonesia's Aceh and Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Bureau (BRR) recently threatened several aid organisations involved in the work with expulsion next year, if they don't achieve a target of 38,000 new houses by the end of this year. One of the main reasons for this has been the slow supply of timber, hampered by lack of infrastructure including roads and port facilities.