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Bagarap-ment: Divided and falling apart

On 26 Aug, 2011 By rait man

By Martyn Namorong

Papua New Guinea is certainly not a failed state in the manner by which academics and the Howard government of Australia seemed to portray it.

Their bluff led to attempts to colonize the country under the so called Enhanced Cooperation Package. Many Papua New Guineans, perhaps a majority, still hold the view that neo-colonization by Australia will solve our problems.

Agriculture is the key for improving lives in Papua New Guinea

On 05 Jul, 2011 By rait man

By Estella Cheung

THE agriculture sector has a huge untapped potential to create wealth and broad-based economic growth for PNG.  New Agriculture and Livestock Minister Philip Kikala said this during his briefing with heads of commodities agencies and agricultural institutions on Monday, adding that the sector’s core contributions are in the areas of food security, cash income generation, employment creation and poverty alleviation. 

Untold agonies caused by Special Economic Zones in SE Asia

On 23 Mar, 2011 By rait man With 1 Comments

With the World Bank drafting the legislation for Special Economic Zones in Papua New Guinea and the government eager to use the new Act to declare the Pacific Marine Industrial Park in Madang as PNG's first SEZ, it is timely to review a report on the Untold Agonies that SEZs have created in SE Asia and critically examine some of the benefits they supposedly bring

LNG won't reduce poverty says Lowey Institute

On 14 Sep, 2010 By rait man With 1 Comments

The Australian based Lowey Institute says Papua New Guinea's massive new Liquified Natural Gas project¹ and large mining investments will not reduce poverty unless there is a radical re-thinking of the government's approach.

The US$18 billion LNG project has been heavily hyped by the PNG government as providing a rich future for the country but the evidence presented by the Lowey Institute suggests otherwise.

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Bagarap-ment: Divided and falling apart

Agriculture is the key for improving lives in Papua New Guinea

Untold agonies caused by Special Economic Zones in SE Asia

LNG won't reduce poverty says Lowey Institute

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