Strategic Directions for Human Development in Papua New Guinea
Strategic Directions for Human Development in Papua New Guinea

Author: Australian Agency for International Development

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0821369881

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There is an emerging consensus in Papua New Guinea (PNG) - both at the governmental level and among civil society more generally - that human development outcomes are far less than provision of basic services in many parts of the country is failing. The book addresses the need to understand the underlying reason behind these sectors' poor performance and innovatively develop approaches for improving service delivery that fits with the country's economic, geographic, social, and cultural contexts. Strategic Directions for Human Development in Papua New Guinea presents the results of a joint ven.

Strategic Directions for Human Development in Papua New Guinea
Strategic Directions for Human Development in Papua New Guinea

Author: World Bank

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13:

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There is an emerging consensus in Papua New Guinea, both at governmental level and among civil society, that human development outcomes are far less than satisfactory and that the quality of basic service provision in health and education needs to be improved. This publication examines options for improving service delivery which are compatible with the country's economic, geographic, social and cultural background.

Teacher Preparation in Papua New Guinea
Teacher Preparation in Papua New Guinea

Author: Tom O’Donoghue

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2024-03-20

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1835490778

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The authors present a comprehensive examination of the historical origins and development of schooling and teacher preparation in Papua New Guinea, from indigenous education in villages, the influence of European colonization and the role of missionaries in providing education, and the implications for education policies and practices.

Fast Money Schemes
Fast Money Schemes

Author: John Cox

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2018-10-02

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0253035635

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In the late 1990s and early 2000s a wave of Ponzi schemes swept through Papua New Guinea, Australia, and the Solomon Islands. The most notorious scheme, U-Vistract, attracted many thousands of investors, enticing them with promises of 100 percent interest to be paid monthly. Its founder, Noah Musingku, was a charismatic leader who promoted the scheme as a form of Christian mission and as the basis for establishing an independent kingdom. Fast Money Schemes uses in-depth interviews with investors, newspaper accounts, and participant observation to understand the scheme's appeal from the point of view of those who invested and lost, showing that organizers and investors alike understood the scheme as a way of accessing and participating in a global economy. John Cox delivers a "post-village" ethnography that gives insight into the lives of urban, middle-class Papua New Guineans, a group that is not familiar to US readers and that has seldom been a focus of anthropological interest. The book's concern with understanding the interweaving of morality, finance, and aspirations shared by a global cosmopolitan middle class has wide resonance beyond studies of Papua New Guinea and anthropology.

Papua New Guinea: Critical Development Constraints
Papua New Guinea: Critical Development Constraints

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2012-04-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9290925825

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Papua New Guinea's economic growth has outpaced the majority of economies in Southeast Asia and the Pacific since 2007. Its development challenges, however, remain daunting, and it lags behind other countries in the region in terms of per capita income and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. This raises the question of how the country can make its economic growth high, sustained, inclusive, and broad-based to more effectively improve its population's welfare. This report identifies the critical constraints to these objectives and discusses policy options to help overcome such constraints.

Social Equity in the Asia-Pacific Region
Social Equity in the Asia-Pacific Region

Author: Morgen Johansen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-05-25

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 3030159191

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This book examines the concept and public service value of social equity in public administration research and practice outside of the Western context, considering the influence that historical, cultural, and social trends of Asian and Pacific societies may have on how social equity is conceptualized and realized in the Asia-Pacific region. The book presents the results of an effort by a group of scholars from seven countries (Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, The Philippines, and Singapore), one American State (the Hawaiian Islands), and the Pacific Islands to discover what social equity means in their respective contexts. It concludes by synthesizing and analyzing the chapter authors’ findings to advance a more global conceptualization of social equity.

Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific
Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific

Author: Milton J. Lewis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-12-07

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1136211683

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Chronic diseases—cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes—are not only the principal cause of world-wide mortality but also are now responsible for a striking increase in the percentage of sickness in developing countries still grappling with the acute problems of infectious diseases. This "double disease burden" poses demanding questions concerning the organisation of health care, allocation of scarce resources and strategies for disease prevention, control and treatment; and it threatens not only improvement in health status but economic development in the many poorer countries of the Asia Pacific region. This book presents an historical account of the development of the double disease burden in Asia and the Pacific, a region which has experienced great economic, social, demographic and political change. With in-depth analysis of more than fifteen countries, this volume examines the impact of the double disease burden on health care regimes, resource allocation, strategies for prevention and control on the wealthiest nations in the region, as well as the smallest Pacific islands. In doing so, the contributors to this book elaborate on the notion of the double disease burden as discussed by epidemiologists, and present real policy responses, whilst demonstrating how vital health is to economic development. Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific will be of great value to both scholars and policy makers in the fields of public health, the history of medicine, as well as to those with a wider interest in the Asia-Pacific region.

Civic Insecurity
Civic Insecurity

Author: Vicki Luker

Publisher: ANU E Press

Published: 2010-12-01

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1921666617

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Papua New Guinea has a complex ‘law and order’ problem and an entrenched epidemic of HIV. This book explores their interaction. It also probes their joint challenges and opportunities—most fundamentally for civic security, a condition that could offer some immunity to both.

Education in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
Education in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

Author: Michael Crossley

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-01-29

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1472503570

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This book provides an up-to-date and well-grounded analysis of education in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, including Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Leading writers from throughout this region identify contemporary educational challenges, issues, and priorities while drawing upon their own ongoing empirical research. Key themes include the impact of international trends and developments; educational reform and the quality of education; indigenous learning; inclusivity; aid and development co-operation; and the changing role and place of tertiary education. Detailed studies of specific educational systems and developments are considered in the light of broader analyses that run throughout the volume.

State Performance and Capacity in the Pacific
State Performance and Capacity in the Pacific

Author: Rob Laking

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2010-11-01

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9290921749

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The Pacific Approach of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) places good governance at the heart of the development agenda and identifies public sector management as an important driver of change. This study, prepared as a background for the Pacific Approach, reviews recent literature and analysis on the state’s role in the development of Pacific developing member countries, and suggests priorities for future support by ADB and its development partners of improved state performance and capacity of these Pacific states.