Will Papua New Guinea become a 'failed state'?A downward spiral

International Herald Tribune;  April 8, 2003 ;   Susan Windybank;   787 words ...00-00-0000 Papua New Guinea is rich in natural resources...Should this downward trajectory continue, Papua New Guinea could become a ''failed state...population of some 800 language groups, Papua New Guinea has remained intact. A peace...

Papua New Guinea Has Much to Offer to Foreign Investors.

Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  September 16, 2000 ;     787 words ...Papua New Guineans will celebrate their Independence...democratic institutions of governance in Papua New Guinea are very much entrenched therefore...reunification is definitely in sight. People of Papua New Guinea welcome this development and wish...

A Glance at Papua New Guinea.

Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  September 16, 2000 ;     787 words ...Papua New Guinea is located on the eastern half...is Irian Jaya, a province of Indonesia. Papua New Guinea comprises both the mainland and...region. Located just south of the equator, Papua New Guinea experiences a moderate tropical...

Rimbunan Hijau versus the world bank and Australian miners: Print media...

The Australian Journal of Anthropology;  January 1, 1999 ;   Wood, Mike;   787 words ......recent print media representations of Papua New Guinea's changing sense of its regional...mining and forestry both destabilise Papua New Guinea's internal structures, forestry...affiliation. Malaysian capital dominates Papua New Guinea's forestry sector and this sector...

Modern Papua New Guinea.(Review)

The Contemporary Pacific;  March 22, 2000 ;   BARLOW, KATHLEEN;   787 words ...Modern Papua New Guinea, edited by Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi. Kirksville...experienced by many of those who teach about Papua New Guinea by compiling an excellent volume introducing students to Papua New Guinea as a contemporary nation-state. The...

Materializing the nation: commodities, consumption, and media in Papua New...

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute;  March 1, 2005 ;   Lindstrom, Lamont;   787 words ......commodities, consumption, and media in Papua New Guinea. x, 202 pp., illus., bibliogr...Robert Foster explores glocalization in Papua New Guinea, anthropology's favourite Pacific...Coca-Cola, and global computer networks, a Papua New Guinea nation is emerging. The local...

A Short History of Papua New Guinea.

Oceania;  September 1, 1996 ;   Waiko, John Dademo;   787 words ...This is an admirable short history of Papua New Guinea. Its strengths lie in Waiko's...this book the colonial veil is lifted on Papua New Guinea's history -- a subaltern assessment...colonial rule is clearly brought out. Papua New Guineans were expected to step aside...

Why we return to Papua New Guinea

Anthropological Quarterly;  July 1, 1997 ;   Gewertz, Deborah; Errington, Frederick;   787 words ......compelled us to return frequently to Papua New Guinea. Focusing primarily on a...rather) unique about contemporary Papua New Guinea (and perhaps about Melanesia more generally). Our analysis shows Papua New Guinea as a place where the global...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: GOVERNMENT RATCHETS UP FIGHT AGAINST AIDS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  December 5, 2007 ;     787 words ......Wire 12-05-2007 By Kevin Pamba MADANG, Papua New Guinea, Dec. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Experts have been warning Papua New Guinea for a decade that the country...just recently. The new government of Papua New Guinea set up a separate ministry in...

Decolonising the Mind: The Impact of the University on Culture and...

The Contemporary Pacific;  March 22, 2007 ;   Winduo, Steven Edmund;   787 words ......University on Culture and Identity in Papua New Guinea, 1971-1974, by Ulli Beier. Canberra...role as a catalyst in the emergence of Papua New Guinean (PNG) literature in the late...Georgina, worked so hard to see happen in Papua New Guinea--especially their tireless commitment...

Australia, Papua New Guinea compromise on legal immunity for Australian...

AP Worldstream;  June 5, 2004 ;     314 words ......and civil servants working in nearby Papua New Guinea won't be immune from that nation...Foreign Minister Alexander Downer flew to Papua New Guinea on Friday to continue negotiations...corruption. But the plan ran into trouble when Papua New Guinea lawmakers rejected Australia's...

Papua New Guinea to purchase P2.6-B jeepneys from RP.

Manila Bulletin;  February 18, 2004 ;     251 words ......CAGAHASTIAN A government delegation from Papua New Guinea, led by Ministry of Transport...manufacturers. Philippine ambassador to Papua New Guinea Bien Tejano said the delegation...which has already been approved by the Papua New Guinea cabinet. He said the Philippines...

Ironies of Organization: Landowners, Land Registration, and Papua New...

Human Organization;  April 1, 2007 ;   Golub, Alex;   787 words ...Contemporary policy work in Papua New Guinea portrays the country either in...surrounding resource developments shows, rural Papua New Guineans demonstrate a willingness to...tenure makes it difficult to study land in Papua New Guinea as if it were common property...

Taiwan, Papua New Guinea Plan Axed

AP Online;  July 21, 1999 ;     459 words ...AP Online 07-21-1999 Taiwan, Papua New Guinea Plan Axed PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) -- Papua New Guinea's new prime minister said today his country would not establish diplomatic ties with Taiwan, scuttling a controversial plan of his predecessor...

Land Mobilisation in Papua New Guinea. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)

Pacific Affairs;  September 22, 2002 ;   Golub, Alex;   730 words ...LAND MOBILISATION IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. By L.T. Jones and P. A. McGavin...timely: over 95 percent of the land in Papua New Guinea is unregistered by the government...effect on business and development: Papua New Guineans cannot use their land as...