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23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism

On 30 Apr, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Abstracted from the book “23 Things they don’t tell you about Capitalism”

Blurb: This lighthearted book has a serious purpose: to lay bare the assumptions behind today’s dominant economic dogma. As the acclaimed economist Ha-Joon Chang shows with crisp, ironic wit, all economic choices are also political ones, and its time for us to be honest about them. 23 Things They Don’t Tell You about Capitalism reveals how global capitalism works – and doesn’t.

We will reveal a taste of each thing every week.

Research says informal economy neglected

On 10 Apr, 2014 By rait man

From The National

Locally shot film on tuna industry gets international award

On 08 Apr, 2014 By rait man

By Joey Tau on PNG Edge

Canning Paradise was awarded the "Best in Festival" award from the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF).

Canning Paradise is a feature-length documentary about one of the world's most prized resources, and those who pay for it.

Decades of overfishing by the global tuna industry have now pushed the final frontiers to the waters of PNG.

World Bank accused of destroying traditional farming to support corporate land grabs

On 04 Apr, 2014 By rait man

The Oakland Institute and /The Rules, along with other NGOs, farmer and consumer organizations from around the world have launched a new campaign, Our Land Our Business, to hold the World Bank accountable for its role in the rampant theft of land and resources from some of the world’s poorest people — farmers, pastoralists and indigenous communities, many of whom are essential food producers for the entire planet.

‘Culture’ a powerful revenue generator

On 22 Mar, 2014 By rait man

Culture is precisely the medium in which individuals express their ability to fulfill themselves and is an integral part of development.

From Post Courier Weekender

Culture, in all its dimensions, is a fundamental component of sustainable development.

Building family livelihoods from charcoal in PNG

On 04 Mar, 2014 By rait man

University of Adelaide researchers have helped create a new industry for Papua New Guinea (PNG) farmers based on producing charcoal from locally grown firewood crops.

A six-year project funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research and working with PNG researchers and landholders, has seen the development of successful small businesses surrounding the production and selling of charcoal from new quick-growing tree crops.

Poverty rises amidst gold

On 23 Feb, 2014 By rait man

By Catherine Wilson for Inter Press Service

Photo: Villagers in Papua New Guinea point to their village destroyed in a landslide from a quarry being excavated for a liquefied natural gas project. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS

World Bank Admits: 'Economic Growth' in Africa = Resource Extraction, Inequality, Poverty

On 17 Feb, 2014 By rait man

New report shows so-called growth is 'bleeding Africa dry'

By Sarah Lazare

Africa's so-called growth is heavily dependent on exports of goods like oil, which siphon wealth out of the country.

(Photo: The Global Poverty Project)

Why Private Sector Minimum Wage-Earners are Missing Out on Resource Boom

On 14 Feb, 2014 By rait man

By Dr. Odongo F Odhuno*

PAPUA New Guinea (PNG) is one of the fastest growing economies in the Pacific region. And in terms of the country’s current and future economic growth, PNG workers too expect to have a fair share of the benefits associated with the accelerating pattern of growth.

Booming Economy

Proud to be "PLES TYPE'

On 01 Jan, 2014 By rait man

Scott Waide

“PLES TYPE” is the new “derogatory” term used largely by urban folk who are ashamed of their roots and proud ancestry. It is used by people who would rather abandon a self-reliant, “ples type” life to live a hand-to-mouth existence in towns and cities.  

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