We put five quick questions to international economist Tim Harcourt, who will visit Papua New Guinea next month for the 2013 Papua New Guinea Advantage investment summit.
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Commercial banks in the Solomon Islands have closed down several logging company bank accounts, in a move that will make it almost impossible for those companies to receive export proceeds.
Papua New Guinea role at the Pacific Islands Forum, Papuan self-determination and Australia’s asylum-seeker deal featured in the media this week.
The Independent Public Business Corporation says it is now talking directly with Vodafone UK to bring the global telecommunications giant to run BeMobile PNG.
Melbourne-based mining company, Newcrest Mining Ltd, which has extensive mining assets in Papua New Guinea, has ended the financial year with a net loss of AUD$5.778 billion (K 12.29 billion) for 2012–13.
Gold miner Newcrest has appointed experienced director and lawyer Peter Hay to its board.
The Papua New Guinea government is looking for a new partner to develop the country’s second mobile phone carrier, Bemobile, after the Fiji National Provident Fund suddenly pulled out.
Prime Minister O’Neill’s promise to leave the management of Ok Tedi Mining Ltd in place when his government takes over the mine is ‘very reassuring’, according to the company’s managing director, Nigel Parker.
Australia’s asylum-seeker policy, relations with Fiji and PNG’s mining sector featured in the media this week.