Buch, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 565 g
The Struggle for Development
Buch, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 565 g
Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
ISBN: 978-1-138-99474-4
Verlag: Routledge
Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include:
* rapid economic growth and political conflict
* civil war on the island of Bougainville
* population growth and urbanisation
* mining: gold, copper and environmental conflicts
* uneven development and social divisions.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
1 Introduction: Papua New Guinea in the international economy 2 The constraints of late development 3 Subsistence and survival 4 An agricultural economy? 5 Fish, forests and sustainable development 6 Mining: the source of economic growth 7 Mobile Melanesians? Population growth and migration 8 Urbanisation, urban life and the urban economy 9 Uneven development 10 The political economy of development 11 Conclusion: neither growth nor development