Papua New Guinea: The Struggle for Development

ISBN-13: 9780415054010 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 372 str.

John Connell

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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 political economy of development 11 Conclusion: neither growth nor development

O autorze

John Connell is Associate Professor at the University of Sydney. He has written several books and many journal articles.