John Connell Unisex Multicolor Papua New Guinea: The Struggle For Development Paperback Book

Name: John Connell Unisex Multicolor Papua New Guinea: The Struggle For Development Paperback Book
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John Connell

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.