Papua New Guinea
Intro
PNG’s mountainous interior and dispersed islands complicate service delivery and logistics. Resource projects create growth spikes but expose fiscal volatility. Strategic ties expand with Australia, the US, and Japan, while proximity to Indonesia and the Solomon arc links it to wider Indo-Pacific politics.
Background
Since independence in 1975, governance capacity has improved unevenly. Customary land tenure and local politics shape investment timelines. Human development indicators trail regional peers despite resource wealth.
History
Present Day
Future Outlook
If project execution and revenue management improve, PNG can lift trend growth and social outcomes. Risks include commodity downcycles, disaster exposure, and governance bottlenecks.
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Topics
Persons
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Leonid Brezhnev
Mao Zedong
Martin Heidegger
Adolf Hitler
Oswald Spengler
Winston Churchill
Karl Haushofer
Neville Chamberlain
Locations
Mainland China
China
India
North America
United States
Indonesia
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Russia
Japan
Articles
Control is good, trust is better!
It is almost 2025. There is social unrest. A migration crisis? Foreign influences? A retreat to the national is taking . Border controls are being deployed again. People want to be “in control” again. Will this bring back confidence?
Event Timeline
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