model of development

WTO connection as Vanuatu sacks justice minister Regenvanu?

On 17 Jan, 2012 By rait man

Vanuatu’s prime minister, Sato Kilman, has sacked his justice minister, Ralph Regenvanu, reports Radio New Zealand.

Mr Regenvanu has confirmed his dismissal to the Daily Post Newspaper but says the termination letter failed to give a reason.

There is speculation that the prime minister is unhappy that Mr Regenvanu has been opposed to moves to join the World Trade Organisation.

Mr Regenvanu scored the highest number of votes in urban Port Vila in the last general election.

He says he is looking forward to the general election later this year.

Development is about much more than just economics

On 09 Jan, 2012 By rait man

In a coastal village setting, some two hours away from the main industrial centre in East Sepik, 75 percent of the women have taken up employment at the fish cannery. A quarter of those women have children. After three months they soon discovered that they have been away from home for too long and the husbands were getting fed up of the child caring responsibility. This responsibility eventually rested with the elder children in the family who must miss out on school.

Manifestations of violence in PNG

On 08 Jan, 2012 By rait man

By Martyn Namorong*

If someone asked you what violence is, you’d automatically have images of people fighting, husbands beating wives, dogs chasing cats, etc... What if I told you that if you find this article frustrating, boring, insulting, distasteful, shallow, biased, etc...? Then I’ve been violent towards you.

Busting the West's perverted concept of wealth

On 10 Dec, 2011 By rait man

By Martyn Namorong

A FRIEND OF MINE recently told me about a trip to Mt Hagen. You know there aren’t any mines nor is there any oil or gas exploitation in the Western Highlands Province. But he reckons he saw more 10-seaters in Hagen than they have in Tabubil.

We are being informed but we are not acting on the information

On 09 Dec, 2011 By Tim With 1 Comments

By Scott Waide

Why we are fighting for a better Papua New Guinea

On 07 Dec, 2011 By rait man

By Scott Waide

In Madang town today my wife and I met a child – a boy of about seven – no more than a meter tall. He was selling DVDs

I don’t always buy DVDs on the streets but there was something about this kid that drew my attention and I couldn’t put my finger on it.

No money, no poverty, just happiness, pigs and prosperity in Vanuatu's traditional economy

On 07 Dec, 2011 By rait man

By Kirk Huffman*

The Republic of Vanuatu in the southwestern Pacific is classed by foreign economists as one of the world's poorest nations. This mistaken view is only true if one believes that lack of modern money = 'poverty'.

Vanuatu consists of 83 inhabited tropical and semi-tropical islands with a current - almost completely indigenous Melanesian - population of around 230,000 which possesses twice as many languages and cultures as the whole of the (expanded) EU.

This is where we are Papua New Guinea

On 30 Nov, 2011 By rait man

By Gary Juffa*

Our simple folk ask for little - a road, a bridge perhaps, a school and a hospital. They fend for themselves as they have done for the last 50,000 years.

Do indigenous people benefit from 'development'?

On 28 Nov, 2011 By rait man

We need to think about whether development brings any benefits to those who are largely self-sufficient – like many of the world's 150 million tribal people including many Papua New Guineans

By Stephen Corry*

Corporate giants target the world's poor

On 28 Nov, 2011 By tok stret

Diabetes, obesity and heart disease rates are soaring in developing countries, as multinationals find new ways of selling processed food to the poor

By Felicity Lawrence (Guardian UK)

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