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1. Uncertain Futures: What does Sime Darby takeover of NBPOL mean for the people of New Britain?

   Elizabeth1's blog Source: PNG Exposed Uncertain ... would provide a critical step towards ‘sustainable development’ and create tens of thousands of jobs and contribute to an ... promises of foreign plantation companies and their model of development based on unrestrained capitalism. In the twentieth century the ...

   Elizabeth1 - 13/10/2014 - 16:25 - 0 comments

2. UN acknowledges PNG model of development failing

   Elizabeth1's blog Source: PNG Mine Watch The United Nations has been forced to admit that PNG's development model - based on unrestrained capitalism and large foreign owned ... ordinary people - see story below.  But the UN can't grasp what really is wrong and therefore offers only the rather ridiculous conclusion ...

   Elizabeth1 - 30/10/2014 - 10:55 - 0 comments

3. Why are we so apathetic about what is happening to our country?

   rait man's blog Paralysis in the Land of the Sukudunumi God By ... don’t think PNG’s NEC meetings are much different that what we might find in, say, North Korea. Somare calls the shots while those ... all of which ultimately will create far more economic development than we’ll ever have. The government seems mostly concerned ...

   rait man - 03/02/2011 - 08:43 - 0 comments

4. Academic calls for Pacific leaders to ease on development

   Elizabeth1's blog   Picture source: Radio Australia online ... encouraged by organizations like the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. “ I think a lot of these organizations need to actually find out what the priorities of the ordinary people are, try to be a little bit I guess ...

   Elizabeth1 - 02/06/2014 - 10:32 - 0 comments

5. What should the government do now with the PNG Defence Force?

   Effrey's blog By Reginald Renagi It’s only a year away ... of all, the PM and his government must now clearly decide what it wants our defence ministry, department and the PNGDF to do in future?  ... security and to play a more significant role in national development. The Final Word So my good leaders, are we up to the ...

   Effrey - 27/04/2011 - 08:42 - 0 comments

6. Sustainable Development After Rio+20 is 'in limbo'

   Klaireh's blog   Source: SciDev.net by Jan Piotrowski ... in setting up the UN working groups on sustainable development have left progress on some of the post Rio+20 agenda in limbo, ... and expected to be finalised in 2015, and is uncertain on what its role within such work might be, Peter Bates tells SciDev.Net. ...

   Klaireh - 24/01/2013 - 14:47 - 0 comments

7. Selling Our Happiness to Buy Their Development

   Klaireh's blog Development is a big word. It essentially depends on who is selling and who's ... the idea of ‘development’. Most of us have bought what the ‘the others’ define as development; going to formal school, ...

   Klaireh - 04/09/2012 - 09:23 - 0 comments

8. What will happen to 5.2 million hectares of SABL land?

   rait man's blog Martyn Namorong Commissioner Nicholas Mirou ... have not had schools and clinics built or any other development activities. They say that this is because there was no provision ...

   rait man - 15/02/2012 - 07:55 - 0 comments

9. Development is about much more than just economics

   rait man's blog In a coastal village setting, some two hours away from ... values as the parents are always away working. Economic development must take precedence. As it seems in today's economic world the ... is taken up volunteering to do work for the total community what time does this person get to do his or her work at home? What time is ...

   rait man - 09/01/2012 - 06:17 - 0 comments

10. Time is right for a different development path

    Effrey's blog Papua New Guinean's faces a vitally important choice. ... we continue to implement an imported and failed model of development, which is based on unrestrained capitalism, or return to our roots, ... riches for who? Other posts have looked at what the options are: Forget the LNG lets concentrate on ...

    Effrey - 05/07/2011 - 15:52 - 0 comments

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