IngentaConnect Papua New Guinea (PNG): Economy, Politics and Government

Abstract:

Papua New Guinea's political history is characterised by instability, corruption and violence. Guerrilla and inter-tribal warfare continues to be waged in this tropical state, where the people are not unified by ideological precepts or organisational structures and are only loosely bound to the idea of belonging to one nation. There has typically been no single dominant party in Papua New Guinea's recent politics, with coalition governments too often revolving around personalities rather than policies. Its sorry economic state is due to years of poor governance, which have prevented the enormous wealth of Papua New Guinea's natural resources from being realised.

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