Dilemmas of development : the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold mine, 1989-1994 / Colin Filer, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Filer, Colin

Contributor:

Filer, Colin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gold miners--Papua New Guinea--Porgera.

Gold miners.

Gold industry--Papua New Guinea--Porgera.

Gold industry.

Porgera (Papua New Guinea)--Economic conditions.

Porgera (Papua New Guinea).

Porgera (Papua New Guinea)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 pages) : illustrations, charts.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra ANU Press 2012

Canberra, Australia : Australian National University, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

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 positive and negative. Dilemmas of Development is a record of a series of studies of the social and economic effects of the Porgerta mine, commissioned by the Porgera Joint Vemture (PJV).

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781922144423

1922144428

9781922144416

192214441X

OCLC:

954046817

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_459885