Dilemmas of development : the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold mine, 1989-1994 / edito...
Dilemmas of development : the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold mine, 1989-1994 / edito...
Dilemmas of development : the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold mine, 1989-1994 / editor: Colin Filer.
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Canberra, [A.C.T.] : Published jointly by Asia Pacific Press, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University ; Boroko, Papua New Guinea : National Research Institute, 1999.
Date
1999.
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338.99005/1
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English
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Physical content
xii, 319 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction / Colin Filer -- 2. Social change in the Porgera Valley / Susanne Bonnell -- 3. The economic impact of the mine / Glenn Banks -- 4. The landowner relocation programme / Susanne Bonnell -- 5. Gardens and wantoks / Glenn Banks -- 6. The next round of relocation / Glenn Banks -- 7. Busi...
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Publisher
Canberra, [A.C.T.] : Published jointly by Asia Pacific Press, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University ; Boroko, Papua New Guinea : National Research Institute, 1999.
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
The Porgera gold mine in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea is technically one of the most sophisticated and successful mines of recent times. In its second year of operations (1992) it was the third largest gold producing mine in the world. Socially, though, the mine has brought a range of massive changes for the local Ipili community - both positi...
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Dilemmas of development : the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold mine, 1989-1994 / editor: Colin Filer.
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Special publication / National Research Institute ; 25.
Pacific policy paper, , 0817-0444 ; 34.
Includes index.
Series numbering corrected on errata slip.
Includes bibliographical references: p. 302-312.
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338.99005/1
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74VvGKmgkLQy
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ISBN
0731536061
9780731536061
DDC
305.89912
338.274109953
MMS ID
991012548189702626
