Resource extraction, foreign ownership and unrestrained capitalism are promoted as a model of development but provide very little benefit for ordinary people.
PNG's Constitution lays out a very different people-focused model based on self-sufficiency, sustainability, equality, participation, national sovereignty and integral human development.
ACT NOW! is urging the government to refocus its model so it reflects these principles.
Corruption is a huge problem in PNG. Once land is registered it can easily be stolen through unlawful transactions that local people are totally unaware of