Government ministers and influential economic analysts have welcomed the recent fall in the value of the kina, saying it will boost demand for exports.
Government, economists see positives in falling kina for Papua New Guinea
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Around the world: more grisly headlines overshadow positive international coverage of Papua New Guinea
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3 Jul 2013 by
Violence in Papua New Guinea gets wide international coverage but, closer to home, Australian media focuses on some good news stories.
Papua New Guinea industry must be more creative, says Asian Development Bank chief
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26 Jun 2013 by
Papua New Guinea must be more than an exporter of raw materials and must embrace innovation and new technologies to open up new business opportunities, according to the president of the Asian Development Bank, Takehiko Nakao.
Papua New Guinea economic growth to ease to 5.5%: ADB
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3 Apr 2013 by
Papua New Guinea’s gross domestic product is set to increase by 5.5% in 2013, according to the Asian Development Bank’s latest Pacific Economic Monitor, released last week. This is compared to growth of 9.2% in 2012.
ADB sounds note of caution on Lae port
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19 Feb 2013 by
The long-awaited project to expand Lae’s port is ‘ahead of schedule’, according to the Asian Development Bank’s Vice President (Operations 2) Stephen Groff, who visited Papua New Guinea last week to inspect progress. The Lae port contractor, China Harbour Engineering, is expected to complete the project—70% of which is financed by ADB loans—by the end […]
Improving PNG’s business environment
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1 Sep 2012 by Leave a Comment
![Traffic through PNG's ports rose by 46% in 2011 [source: PNG Ports]. Pic: Pacific Islands Trade and Invest](https://i0.wp.com/www.businessadvantagepng.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/DAY1-MORESBY098.jpg?fit=300%2C155&ssl=1)
Many of the success stories in this publication have occurred against significant odds. Papua New Guinea’s producers face many challenges in developing their businesses, although things are looking up. As a developing country, Papua New Guinea lacks much of the infrastructure that businesses in developed nations take for granted: ubiquitous and well-maintained roads, reliable power […]
Sector profile: Fisheries
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1 Sep 2012 by 1 Comment
Fisheries has emerged as one of Papua New Guinea’s most dynamic sectors, following a wave of investment from Asia. In this special feature, Samantha Magick speaks with some of the sector’s key players about its current state and the prospects for further expansion. In 2010, PNG supplied about 17% of the world’s tuna catch, a […]
PNG’s infrastructure challenge
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1 May 2012 by Leave a Comment
Papua New Guinea requires significant investment in infrastructure. Deloitte’s Lutz Heim examines the opportunities and challenges in this sector. PNG’s infrastructure needs a substantial and urgent upgrade, in anticipation of increased stress and after a number of years of underinvestment, particularly during the lean years before 2004, and this is recognised by government and business […]
Landowner Companies Aiming High
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1 May 2012 by 1 Comment
Papua New Guinea’s landowner companies have been around for a while, but the current resources boom—particularly the PNG LNG Project—has significantly increased their opportunities. Perhaps the best-known landowner business is NCS, owned by landowners on Lihir Island (home to the Lihir gold mine). NCS has established a profitable core business of catering and mining camp […]
Reaching out to the unbanked
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Papua New Guinea’s strong financial services sector is becoming ever more sophisticated in servicing both the mass-market and premium ends of the market. ‘PNG continues to have a very, very strong banking sector. We are very lucky here to have the banks that we do. Investors want that, and they often don’t expect that there’s […]
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