Papua New Guinea

Taylor & Francis

Since 1975 the economy of Papua New Guinea has focused on mineral, rather than agricultural production as previously. This is the first book to look at these changes in a complex, rapidly evolving nation from an economic perspective. > \nPapua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include:\n * rapid economic growth and political conflict\n * civil war on the island of Bougainville\n * population growth and urbanisation\n * mining: gold, copper and environmental conflicts\n * uneven development and social divisions. > 1 Introduction: Papua New Guinea in the international economy 2 The constraints of late development 3 Subsistence and survival 4 An agricultural economy? 5 Fish, forests and sustainable development 6 Mining: the source of economic growth 7 Mobile Melanesians? Population growth and migration 8 Urbanisation, urban life and the urban economy 9 Uneven development 10 The pol.