Dilemmas of development : the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold mine, 1989-1994

Dilemmas of development the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold mine, 1989-1994

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 c...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Filer, Colin (auth), Filer, Colin, editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra ANU Press 2012
Canberra, Australia : 2012.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Gold miners > Papua New Guinea > Porgera.
Gold industry > Papua New Guinea > Porgera.
Porgera (Papua New Guinea) > Economic conditions.
Porgera (Papua New Guinea) > Social conditions.
resources
papua new guinea
development
mining
Ipili language
Kiwai
Pakistan
Porgera Gold Mine
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419780706719
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary; Tables, figures and maps; Contributors; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 2. Social change in the PorgeraValley; 3. The economic impact of the mine; 4. The landowner relocation programme; 5. Gardens and wantoks; 6. The next round of relocation; 7. Business as unusual; 8. Porgera-whence and whither?; 9. Evidence of the 'new competencies'?; References; Index

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