We have been championing the case for an Independent Commission Against Corruption since 2010 and have urged for the implementation of the recommendations of various Commission of Inquiry, including those into the Department of Finance and the Special Agriculture Business Lease land grab.
CBD Proposals for the design and implementation of Incentive Measures 2004.
Eighty seven percent of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG’s) seven million people live in rural areas. Almost all the rest live in small urban centers, the majority of which have a population of well below 30,000 people. Only Port Moresby and Lae have sizable populations at about 365,000 and 88,000 respectively1. Average national population density is low at about 14 per km2. PNG’s population is characterized by a very diverse number of social groups, with strong local and clan-based affinities and allegiances. There are over 800 distinct languages.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has supported the Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the PNG Power
Limited to construct a 150-kilometer high voltage transmission line linking the West New Britain Provincial capital
Kimbe and the township of Bialla. The transmission line will connect renewable energy from existing hydropower and
biomass facilities and bring electricity to households, schools, and medical clinics along the alignment.
This book addresses the economic component of ESD (ecological sustainable development) in the Pacific. It is primarily concerned with the role that conventional economic issues plays in the viability of natural resource and environmental projects in the Pacific. As the success of projects also depends on relevant scientific knowledge and appropriateness of an activity, it is assumed in this book that this knowledge and know-how is already available.