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PNG mineral boom: Harnessing the extractive sector to deliver better health outcomes
No full textInternational experience has shown that mining and resources sector participation in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) can realise substantial health benefits not only for the company, but also for its public sector partners and communities. This paper summarises the international experience, and presents examples of mining and resource sector participation in health care in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The extractive industries in PNG are already actively involved in health service delivery and improving health conditions in the area within which they operate. With the prospect of major economic growth in PNG comes an opportunity to further systematise and expand on the application of industry expertise to creating lasting development in the PNG health sector for the benefit of the private sector, the government and the community alike. The paper also discusses some of the challenges in further harnessing the private sector as a partner in PNG development, including i) barriers to collaboration; ii) engaging with extractive industry partners; and iii) developing relationships and trust.Public-Private Partnerships, mining, resources, health, PNG, extractive industries
Government decision-making and environmental degradation: a study relating to mining activities in Papua New Guinea
No full textPapua New Guinea (PNG) is a country possessing abundant resources of gold, oil, copper, timber, and fish stocks. It is hampered in its development and management of these resources, however, by serious problems of governance and corruption. These problems are evident throughout the economy and also in the management of the environment. The level of environmental damage caused by the mining industry in PNG is now such that it will require extensive rehabilitation, if the areas affected can, indeed, ever be fully rehabilitated. The mining companies which precipitated this damage were licensed and encouraged by the PNG Government in the initiation and exercise of the mining operations. The resulting environmental impact has affected the lives of thousands of New Guineans to their detriment. The degradation caused remains
unredressed.
Compounding the problem, there is a growing reliance by Papua New Guinea on mineral exploitation for foreign direct investment, government revenues, and foreign exchange. Gold exports accounted for the biggest share of export revenues in 2002 representing 37.5% of the total. In light of this growing dependency on mining activities, there is a correspondingly urgent requirement to address the deficiencies in the administrative, monitoring, and policing aspects of the protection of its environment.
Despite the public evidence of the damage to the environment and the ensuing affect on the people of Papua New Guinea by mining activities; and despite universal condemnation of these activities and the companies responsible; the companies continue to conduct these activities without official hindrance and with little apparent concern for the long-term ramifications of their actions.
This thesis will examine the degradation resulting from the mining activities of companies in Papua New Guinea over the last three decades - particularly those of Placer Dome's Porgera gold mine, BHP's Ok Tedi gold and copper mine (the waste from both of which is dumped into the Ok Tedi and Strickland rivers which are tributaries of the Fly River and form part of the Fly River system) and Lihir Gold Limited's gold mine on Lihir Island. It will examine the extent to which the Government of Papua New Guinea may have wittingly (in the sense of a prescience as to the possible or probable likelihood of deleterious impact) or unwittingly contributed to that degradation as a result of its actions or omissions.
Studies of available literature suggest that there has been little attention paid to the subject of culpability on the part of successive PNG governments in matters of environmental damage. This research will contribute to reducing this gap in the literature by focusing on possible motives of the PNG government and its actors which precipitated those decisions and which resulted in environmental degradation. The discussion will examine the likely motivation of the PNG government in its deliberations and decisions and the extent to which corruption and incompetence may have played a role
How school leaders address violence against girls/women in schools and its significance for the implementation of universal basic education policy in Papua New Guinea
No full textThe goal of Universal Basic Education (UBE), as agreed to in the formulation of the Education For All Goals in 1990 and later the development of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the United Nations (UN) in 2000, is achieving universal primary and secondary education by 2015. However, one of the impediments to the successful attainment of the UBE in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the issue of violence against girls and women (VAG/W) in schools. Addressing violence and gender issues has a significant impact on the ultimate progress and outcome on the goal of UBE because, in practice, PNG is not free from violence and its related issues of gender inequality. Therefore, this study sought to understand, ‘How School Leaders Address Violence Against Girls/Women in Schools and its Significance for the Implementation of Universal Basic Education Policy in PNG’. Its prime focus was to assess the effectiveness of school leadership in handling VAG/W in PNG schools.
Some schools and their leaders in PNG have been recognised as working effectively in tackling VAG/W in schools. A secondary intention of this study was to investigate those effective practices and recommend them to other schools and for further improvements. Using interviews with adult school leaders (4) and surveys with student leaders and students (101) the research was carried out in two contextually very different schools in PNG, located in the NCD and Central provinces. Descriptive statistics, thematic analysis and content analysis was used to analyse the data. The study concluded that school leaders at the two schools were attending to issues of VAG/W in their schools and, to some extent, were effective within their specific context. Yet there were still many challenges identified that need on-going attention for achieving universal primary and secondary education and addressing VAG/W. As a result of the study I have proposed several recommendations for the schools, for education in PNG more generally and for those engaging in similar research associated with VAG/W in PNG
sj-png-9-tan-10.1177_17562864221138144 – Supplemental material for Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation in dystonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-png-9-tan-10.1177_17562864221138144 for Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation in dystonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jordan Morrison-Ham, Gillian M. Clark, Elizabeth G. Ellis, Andris Cerins, Juho Joutsa, Peter G. Enticott and Daniel T. Corp in Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders</p
sj-png-7-tan-10.1177_17562864221138144 – Supplemental material for Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation in dystonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-png-7-tan-10.1177_17562864221138144 for Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation in dystonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jordan Morrison-Ham, Gillian M. Clark, Elizabeth G. Ellis, Andris Cerins, Juho Joutsa, Peter G. Enticott and Daniel T. Corp in Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders</p
sj-png-8-tan-10.1177_17562864221138144 – Supplemental material for Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation in dystonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-png-8-tan-10.1177_17562864221138144 for Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation in dystonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jordan Morrison-Ham, Gillian M. Clark, Elizabeth G. Ellis, Andris Cerins, Juho Joutsa, Peter G. Enticott and Daniel T. Corp in Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders</p
Fabrication of a highly efficient optical modulator based on SOI
No full textSilicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology offers tremendous potential for the integration of optoelectronic functions on a silicon substrate. In this research, we report on the fabrication process of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer on an SOI with 0.5μm wide waveguides in a Si layer of the order of ~1μm thick. These small dimensions increase the speed of these devices. However, with these small dimensions several fabrication difficulties such as alignment and thickness accuracy are present
sj-png-1-asn-10.1177_17590914221101704 - Supplemental material for Identification of microRNA-mRNA regulatory network associated with oxidative DNA damage in human astrocytes
No full textSupplemental material, sj-png-1-asn-10.1177_17590914221101704 for Identification of microRNA-mRNA regulatory network associated with oxidative DNA damage
in human astrocytes by Chukwumaobim Daniel Nwokwu, Adam Y. Xiao, Lynn Harrison and Gergana G. Nestorova in ASN Neuro</p
sj-png-2-tam-10.1177_17588359231192396 – Supplemental material for Management of diarrhea induced by EGFR-TKIs in advanced lung adenocarcinoma
No full textSupplemental material, sj-png-2-tam-10.1177_17588359231192396 for Management of diarrhea induced by EGFR-TKIs in advanced lung adenocarcinoma by Daniela Cárdenas-Fernández, Pamela Soberanis Pina, Jenny G. Turcott, Norberto Chávez-Tapia, Emilio Conde-Flores, Andrés F. Cardona and Oscar Arrieta in Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology</p
Aid and Oil in Papua New Guinea: Implications for the Financing of Service Delivery
No full textThis paper measures the extent to which both donor finance and resource revenues have contributed to higher rates of expenditure in key development sectors of the PNG economy—social services (including health and education) and infrastructure, between 1975 and 2010. Estimated elasticities are then compared against a hypothetical revenue scenario to assess the potential contribution that post-2014 LNG revenue inflows may have on increasing the financing available to these sectors.
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