If foreign investors have generally been wary of investing in Fiji since the 2006 coup, Papua New Guinea has been the exception. Most notably, in 2009, PNG’s Bank of South Pacific lived up to its name by acquiring Fiji’s Colonial Banking Group and has subsequently invested heavily to strengthen its local presence. A year earlier, […]
PNG spearheads regional growth
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1 May 2012 by Leave a Comment
Papua New Guinea is expected to remain the standout economy in the Pacific over the coming year, with its success having a knock-on effect on neighbouring Solomon Islands. Business Advantage summarises the outlook for the region’s larger economies. Unsurprisingly, the region’s fastest-growing economies are those whose economies are based around exporting natural resources, especially to Asia. ‘In Papua New Guinea […]
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