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1. Informal economy ensures equitable development in Papua New Guinea

   rait man's blog By Catherine Wilson Although Papua New Guinea ... economic enterprise to aid equitable and sustainable development is nationally recognised, but awaits better governance, ... "Women in PNG are entrepreneurs and make do with what resources they have, such as markets, transport, even if it means walking ...

   rait man - 25/01/2012 - 08:16 - 0 comments

2. A Better Model of Development

   ... based on unrestrained capitalism. This is a far cry from what was envisaged in our Constitution. Papua New Guinea's written ... Join us on facebook and post your comments on our blog articles From Extraction to Inclusion ...

   Tim - 07/06/2021 - 18:29

3. Government puts foreign interests above the law and demolishes an important democratic principle

   rait man's blog By passing amendments to the Environment Act, the ... landowners are also being denied the right to challenge what the government allows mining and petroleum companies to do. The amendments ... One of the main impediments/factors stolling progress and development in PNG is landownership [which comes in a way or compensation]. ...

   rait man - 06/06/2010 - 08:56 - 9 comments

4. Flogging a fishy deal to a fractious public - Ministers hit with local fury over PMIZ

   rait man's blog By Nancy Sullivan* The Kananam Meeting on the ... that even more new gold land rovers and other tokens of development will accrue to them.  These pro-PMIZ individuals were in ... smile). ‘Let me tell you,’ Gem continued, ’about what they want to do to our water and our livelihoods here’ (at which point ...

   rait man - 01/05/2011 - 20:28 - 0 comments

5. Eminent persons line up to rubbish Papua New Guinea's failed model of development

   rait man's blog A series of eminent persons, including Sir John Kaputin, ... spoken out this week to rubbish the government's model of development which favours foreign corporations over indigenous business and ... in their economy after 60 years of independence. “Is this what is in store for us?’’ Sir John said. “Are you prepared to wait for ...

   rait man - 07/04/2011 - 11:01 - 1 comment

6. BUILDING PNG ON DESTRUCTION

   Elizabeth1's blog Source: 'Red Soil' “The government’s ... that broke out between customers and the venders about what type of development, mines are to our country. (Picture below-right: Freda river ...

   Elizabeth1 - 08/01/2015 - 15:17 - 0 comments

7. Photos from the protest march in Madang

   rait man's blog On June 30th over 3,000 people peacefully marched through ... of Somare who act when orders are given, when not don't act. What are all this puppets up for in PNG? ... and peaceful march against this oppressive piece of Act. Development initiatives should never be pursued at the expense of our ...

   rait man - 01/07/2010 - 09:41 - 21 comments

8. Values used as Rubber Stamp in development policies, says Academic

   ACTNOW's blog Source: EMTV online The National ... Principles of PNG are being used as a rubber stamp in development policies,  according to academic, Patrick Kaiku, of the ... National goals and Directive Principles to be critical of what our offcials write (such as) policy documents.” Mr Kaiku’s ...

   ACTNOW - 31/08/2015 - 11:14

9. With StaRS we can be smart, wise, fair and a global leader

   ACTNOW's blog The National Strategy for Responsible Sustainable Development for Papua New Guinea (StaRS) offers a real opportunity for us to ... Planning Committee, who asked the fundamental questions, what kind of society do we want to be and what can we learn from the past and ...

   ACTNOW - 19/07/2016 - 18:35 - 0 comments

10. How do government plans stack up against the Constitution?

    ACTNOW's blog 2nd March 2020 Patrick Kaiku has recently published an important paper on our National Development Plans in PNG and how they measure up against the National Goals and ... StaRS seems to suggest that there is no consensus on what the NGDPs mean to policymakers in PNG today, hence the competing ...

    ACTNOW - 06/04/2020 - 13:11

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