LEADER 03483 am 22005893u 450 001 9910141943603321 005 20230621141514.0 010 $a9781921313462$b(ebook) 010 $a1921313463$b(ebook) 010 $z9781921313455$b(paperback) 010 $z1921313455$b(paperback) 035 $a(CKB)2670000000409985 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26788 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000409985 100 $a20190210h20072007 fu 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aConflict and resource development in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea /$fNicole Haley and Ronald J. May (editors) 210 $aCanberra$cANU Press$d2007 210 1$aCanberra, Australian Capital Territory :$cANU Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (186 pages) $cillustrations; digital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aStudies in state and society in the Pacific ;$v3 311 08$aPrint version: 1921313463 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aThe Southern Highlands is one of Papua New Guinea?s most resource-rich provinces, but for a number of years the province has been riven by conflict. Longstanding inter-group rivalries, briefly set aside during the colonial period, have been compounded by competition for the benefits provided by the modern state and by fighting over the distribution of returns from the several big mining and petroleum projects located within the province or impinging upon it. Deaths from the various conflicts over the past decade number in the hundreds. As a result of inter-group fighting, criminal activity and vandalism, a number of businesses have withdrawn from the province. Roadblocks and ambushes have made travel dangerous in many parts and expatriate missionaries and aid workers have left. Many public servants have abandoned their posts with the result that state services are not provided. Corruption is rife. Police are often reluctant to act because they are outnumbered and outgunned. This volume brings together a number of authors with deep experience of the Southern Highlands to examine the underlying dynamics of resource development and conflict in the province. Its primary purpose is to provide some background to recent events, but the authors also explore possible approaches to limiting the human and economic costs of the ongoing conflict and breakdown of governance. 410 0$aStudies in state and society in the Pacific ;$v3. 606 $aPolitics & government$2bicssc 607 $aPapua New Guinea$zSouthern Highlands Province 607 $aPapua New Guinea$xNatural resources 607 $aPapua New Guinea$xPublic administration 607 $aPapua New Guinea$xIntergroup relations 610 $anatural resources 610 $apapua new guinea 610 $asocial conflict 610 $amanagement 610 $asouthern highlands province 610 $aintegroup relations 610 $aHela Province 610 $aKiap 615 7$aPolitics & government 676 $a330.99561 700 $aHaley$b Nicole$4auth$0801513 702 $aHaley$b Nicole 702 $aMay$b Ronald J. 801 2$bUkMaJRU 912 $a9910141943603321 996 $aConflict and resource development in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea$93387427 997 $aUNINA