The Price of Papua New Guinea Coffee
Author: Mick Wheeler
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 18
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Author: Mick Wheeler
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 18
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: R. Michael Bourke
Publisher: ANU E Press
Published: 2009-08-01
Total Pages: 665
ISBN-13: 1921536616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAgriculture dominates the rural economy of Papua New Guinea (PNG). More than five million rural dwellers (80% of the population) earn a living from subsistence agriculture and selling crops in domestic and international markets. Many aspects of agriculture in PNG are described in this data-rich book. Topics include agricultural environments in which crops are grown; production of food crops, cash crops and animals; land use; soils; demography; migration; the macro-economic environment; gender issues; governance of agricultural institutions; and transport. The history of agriculture over the 50 000 years that PNG has been occupied by humans is summarised. Much of the information presented is not readily available within PNG. The book contains results of many new analyses, including a food budget for the entire nation. The text is supported by 165 tables and 215 maps and figures.
Author: Glyn Wittwer
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 124
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Randal G. Stewart
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-11-18
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 0429715528
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing the latest available data, Dr. Stewart provides a critical, historical study of the exploitation of a major agricultural resource by a developing country. It traces the political economy of Papua New Guinea's coffee industry from its pre-independence origins.
Author: Oxford Business Group
Publisher: Oxford Business Group
Published: 2014-09-04
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1910068101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPapua New Guinea is poised for change, as the country’s mineral riches are providing a major opportunity for economic development through the exploitation of natural resources. The government’s five-year strategic plan focuses on key development enablers such as free education, improvements to health services, the strengthening of law and order, rural development projects and infrastructure construction. Inward investment has increasingly been driven by the extractive sector, including oil and gas, whose share of the country’s total investment stock rose from 71% to 87% between 2004 and 2012. Statistics from the Investment Promotion Authority reveal that the largest share of new foreign direct investment in 2013, some 24.6%, targeted the construction sector, outpacing that in financial services, manufacturing and mining, which accounted for 19.8%, 18.1% and 10.9%, respectively. While minerals and hydrocarbons dominate exports, around 85% of the country’s population is employed in the agriculture sector. The start of liquefied natural gas exports in 2014 is expected to return the current account to a surplus in 2015, forecast as high as 12.1% of GDP before returning to 9.1% the following year. While the outlook for state revenues remains strong in the medium term, ensuring the sustainability of further spending increases will be key to preserving macroeconomic stability.
Author: Irene Calboli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-06-16
Total Pages: 571
ISBN-13: 1107166330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume focuses on the procedures for determining the geographical indicator labels for globally traded goods in the Asia-Pacific region. The book is also available as Open Access.
Author: Roman Grynberg
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2007-11-01
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 0191528560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than 50 developing countries depend on three or fewer commodities for more than half of their exports and, in fact, many rely on a single commodity for a large share of export earnings. This reliance inevitability exposes countries to the risk of export earnings instability as a result of price shocks and, perhaps even more significantly, the falling purchasing power of exports over the long run due to declining real prices. Presenting for the first time a complete analysis of the issues surrounding commodity prices and development, this book is the culmination of three years of research commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat to look at various aspects of commodity prices. The problems faced by commodity dependent developing countries are formidable. Although diversification is the most appropriate response to the problem of the secular decline in commodity prices, long-term transformation in the economy can be a slow process and its success will depend on a host of factors such as the development of human resources, institutional capacity building, poverty alleviation, and appropriate domestic policy and environment. By granting increased aid flows and debt relief, and providing assistance to encourage production of non-traditional export items, the international community can play a proactive role in the development of the commodity dependent poor countries. Only concerted efforts both at the domestic fronts of these countries and via co-operation extended by the international community can help mitigate the problems of the world's most vulnerable economies.
Author: Scott MacWilliam
Publisher: ANU E Press
Published: 2013-05-01
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 1922144851
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSECURING VILLAGE LIFE: DEVELOPMENT IN LATE COLONIAL PAPUA NEW GUINEA examines the significance for post-World War II Australian colonial policy of the modern idea of development. Australian officials emphasised the importance of bringing development for both the colony of Papua and the United Nations Trust Territory of New Guinea. The principal form that development took involved securing smallholders against the tendencies of other forms of capitalist development that might have separated households from land. In order to make household occupation of their holdings more secure and at higher standards of living, the colonial administration coordinated and supervised increases in production of crops and other agricultural produce. Contrary to suggestions that colonial policy and practice ignored indigenous agriculture and concentrated on plantation crops grown by international firms and expatriate owner-occupiers, the study shows how the main focus was instead upon increasing smallholder output for immediate consumption as well as for local and international markets. Simultaneously development stimulated increases in consumption, including of goods produced through manufacturing processes and imported into the colony. Only as Independence approached was the pre-eminence of the earlier focus upon smallholders weakened. In part the change occurred due to the political advance of the indigenous capitalist class and their allies seeking to extend their base in largeholding agriculture and related commercial activities. This advance and the uncertainty over which form of development would prevail once indigenes held state power in post-colonial Papua New Guinea stood in marked contrast to the definite direction pursued under the colonial administration of the 1950s and early 1960s.
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Publisher: CTA
Published: 2012-12-31
Total Pages: 36
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 2012 Spore Special Issue is dedicated to value chains – arguably the best way for smallholder farmers to become integrated into modern markets. This issue tries to clear some of the confusion surrounding value chains and provides a broad picture of interesting innovations in ACP countries. It contains four chapters which, through the use of expert narratives, case studies and field reports, explain value chains, highlight the importance of the producer-consumer relationship, and look at strategic choices and the essential role of a favourable environment.
Author: Papua New Guinea. Office of Information
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 268
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