In PNG, over 80 percent of the population lives in the rural-agrarian sector and, since time immemorial, most of these people have depended directly upon customary land for their livelihood. The customary land-tenure system has checks and balances to absorb pressure in times of change and ...
Raising the living standards of the people of Papua New Guinea is an urgent goal that will require the sustainable exploitation of the country’s natural resources and the development of viable domestic industries. However, development needs to be undertaken in sympathy with the customary landownershi...
This chapter examines the complex relationship between accounting and customary land in the post-colonial states of Fiji and Papua New Guinea. These two countries represent the two largest economies in the South Pacific and while both share many similarities in terms of history and culture, they ...