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Rural livelihoods in PNG

Rural Livelihoods in PNG . Colin Hunt School of Economics The University of Queensland. Rural livelihoods in PNG. Population. PNG’s Dual Economy. Small scale . Large scale. PNG’s exports, kina millions. Rural economy. Informal - Formal.

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Rural livelihoods in PNG

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  1. Rural Livelihoods in PNG Colin Hunt School of Economics The University of Queensland Rural livelihoods in PNG

  2. Population

  3. PNG’s Dual Economy Small scale Large scale

  4. PNG’s exports, kina millions

  5. Rural economy Informal - Formal

  6. Human Development Indicators, PNG-Aus

  7. Ag. Performance 1.

  8. Ag. Performance 2.

  9. Rural development impediments theft/violence ability to save and borrow inadequate transport/roads poor schooling/ag. extension

  10. Regress ? • Law and Order X • Corruption X • Skilled labour X

  11. “Roads to ruin” Post Courier 2001 “In the absence of a large works program...economic growth will be reduced and poverty will be perpetuated.

  12. Progress Digicel bilong ples Roads

  13. A boom?

  14. Palm oil projection Positives RSPO cert Demand Lease land But Costs high Labour short Popn. density Land disputes

  15. Palm oil production, PNG • Nulceus estate • Smallholder ~35% of production • Company acquires land under lease- leaseback

  16. Landowner benefit, export logging, US$ millions, 2011

  17. To impact rural livelihoods? Special Agricultural and Business Leases (SABLs) * A way of increasing logging, without real agricultural development and without environmental management

  18. To impact rural livelihoods? Reduction in Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) programs To replace logging?

  19. To impact rural livelihoods? Massive resource projects Fall in value of exports affecting livelihoods of millions of small producers?

  20. Is change sustainable? Economic impacts: Sustained or transient? Social impacts: Food security, income distribution issues? Environmental impacts: Forest loss and pollution?

  21. Rural Livelihoods in PNG Colin Hunt School of Economics The University of Queensland c.hunt3@uq.edu.au Logging oil palm and livelihoods in Papua New Guinea ___________________ Symposium at James Cook University 20 April, 2011

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