Dilemmas of Development : the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold mine.

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 c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Filer, Colin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra : ANU Press, 2012.
Temas:
Gold miners > Papua New Guinea > Porgera.
Gold industry > Papua New Guinea > Porgera.
Business & Economics.
Labor & Workers' Economics.
Political Science / Colonialism & Post-colonialism.
Economic history
Gold industry
Gold miners
Social conditions
Porgera (Papua New Guinea) > Economic conditions.
Porgera (Papua New Guinea) > Social conditions.
Papua New Guinea > Porgera
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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