ABSTRACT

Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include:
* rapid economic growth and political conflict
* civil war on the island of Bougainville
* population growth and urbanisation
* mining: gold, copper and environmental conflicts
* uneven development and social divisions.

chapter 2|34 pages

The constraints of late development

chapter 3|14 pages

Subsistence and survival

chapter 4|36 pages

An agricultural economy?

chapter 5|28 pages

Fish, forests and sustainable development

chapter 6|46 pages

Mining: the source of economic growth

chapter 9|52 pages

Uneven development

chapter 10|28 pages

The political economy of development

chapter 11|16 pages

Conclusion: neither growth nor development