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Areas of Research and Consultancy Expertise
The National Research
Institute’s major areas of research and consultancy are in the economic,
educational, political, legal, social, cultural, environmental, publishing and
editorial fields. The Institute is continually expanding its areas of
coverage and interest, as well as adding further academic consultants to its
register of preferred researchers.
The following areas of expertise and project listings show
the consultancies that have been undertaken by the Institute’s staff in recent
years.
Agricultural Studies
-
A Review of
Smallholder Data Sources in Papua New Guinea which Are Relevant to
the Export Tree Crops Sector [Australian Centre for
International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); and Department of
Agriculture and Livestock].
-
Tree Crop Sector
Policies and Options:
A study of the policies and options that are available to the
various tree crop sectors in relation to price stabilisation,
short-term price support, future downstream processing, input
subsidies, tariffs and taxes, rural infrastructure, freight
subsidies, gender relations, and rural wages [Australian Centre for
International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); and University of New
England].
-
Participatory
Land Use Planning for Forest and Agricultural Resources in Papua New
Guinea: A
study of aspects of planning in relation to the use of land for
forestry activities and agricultural development [The
Australian National University;
and Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)].
Alcohol and Drugs
Studies
-
Alcohol Use
and Abuse in Papua New Guinea [Department of Justice; and World
Health Organisation].
-
Spak Brus’ in
Papua New Guinea:
A marijuana study in the Highlands, and Morobe
Province. The use and abuse of marijuana
in Papua New Guinea, its social and economic effects, and the
adequacy of existing controlling legislation [National Bureau of
Narcotics; and the Foundation for Law, Order and Justice].
-
How Far under the
Influence: Alcohol and Violence:
A study to establish whether alcohol consumption is a cause
of violence and disorder in the Highlands Region [Highlands Regional
Secretariat].
Anthropological
Studies
Constitutional
Studies
Credit
-
Investment
Corporation Study: A review of the
functions and operations of the Investment Corporation of Papua New
Guinea [Department of Finance].
-
Agricultural
Credit and Rural Savings Study:
A review of credit and savings schemes in Papua New Guinea,
with an analysis of their performances, and recommendations for
improvements, together with a study of informal systems, identifying
their relevance for the formal system [Asian Development Bank].
-
An Alternative
Financial Institution for Manus:
The feasibility of setting up a provincial
bank to provide the best possible ways of serving the credit and
savings needs of the people, with an outline of implementation
arrangements [Manus Provincial Government].
-
Micro-Enterprise
Credit:
The preparation of a project document to trial a new approach to the
diversity of credit to micro-enterprises through a non-governmental
organisation, with UNDP assistance [United Nations Development
Programme].
-
North Simbu
Rurual Development Project: An Appraisal:
A review of rural savings and credit proposals in the
International Fund for Agricultural
Development. A report of the NSRDP, with
particular attention to mobilisation of rural savings, delivery of
rural credit, and informal credit mechanism development
[International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)].
Decentralisation
-
A Review of
the Financial Provisions of the Organic Law on Provincial Government
in Papua New Guinea [Department of Finance and Planning].
-
Decentralisation
and Development Policy in Papua New Guinea:
An investigation of the impact of decentralisation on the
planning process, particularly with respect to financing
arrangements for provincial governments [Department of Finance and
Planning].
-
Reform of
Financial Arrangements for Provincial Governments in Papua New
Guinea: An
analysis of existing provisions of the Organic Law on Provincial
Government and preparation of amendments to the funding arrangements
[Department of Finance and Planning].
-
Funding of Local
Urban Governments in Papua New Guinea.
An investigation of problems of urban infrastructure and
financial demands on local urban governments [Institute of National
Affairs].
-
Scope of Autonomy
for Provincial Governments in Papua New Guinea.
An investigation of alternative forms of decentralisation and
relationship with Bougainville, and the preparation of a report for
national government negotiators [Department of Finance and Planning;
and Department of Provincial Affairs].
Economic Policy
-
Papua New
Guinea: A 20/20 Vision:
Conference papers presented by policy makers, government
officials, and representatives of the business community on the
strengths, weaknesses and achievements of the Papua New Guinean
economy, identifying structural problems, and evaluating policy
directions, trends and impacts [The National Centre for Development
Studies; AusAID; and the National Research Institute].
-
Impact Assessment
of Partial Investment Liberalisation and Price Decontrol.
This study investigated the
possible implications of investment and price deregulation on the
economy [The World Bank].
Education
-
High School
Education for All: Education in
Manus in the Papua New Guinea Context [Hanns Seidel Foundation;
and Manus Provincial Government].
-
Education
Standards in Western Province: Improving
Education in Western Province [Fly
River Provincial Government].
-
Radio Science
Pilot Project:
A trial for teaching science in community schools
[United States Agency International Development (USAID)].
-
Evaluation of
Vernacular Preschools in North Solomons Province.
[North Solomons Provincial Government].
-
Formation of
Technical High Schools in Western Highlands
[Western Highlands Provincial Government].
-
Educational
Planning in the National Capital District
[National Capital District Commission (NCDC)].
-
Literacy and
Awareness Program: A study of the
development of a Literacy and Awareness Program in Papua New Guinea,
and the establishment of a Literacy and Awareness Secretariat to
facilitate and coordinate intersectoral literacy and awareness
activities [National Department of Education].
-
Developing an
Education Plan for Enga:
Production of a Six-Year Education Plan towards achieving
universal and relevant education in Enga Province [Enga Provincial
Government].
-
Non-Formal
Education in Papua New Guinea:
A review of non-formal education in Papua New Guinea
[National Department of Education].
-
BEST Evaluation
[CUSO].
-
Education and
Reconstruction in the North Solomons:
Producing an educational plan for
universal and relevant education that might also be a catalyst for
rural reconstruction in the province [North Solomons Provincial
Government].
-
Papua New Guinea
Association of Distance Education Newsletter:
This newsletter is prepared
as an ongoing project [PNG Association of Distance Education].
-
Education
Monitoring Project [Gesellschaft Fuer
Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)].
-
Poverty and
Education:
The Quality of Education:
This study presented five case studies of community
schools in Central (NCD), Madang, Simbu, Milne Bay, and East New
Britain Provinces and covered past and current educational trends
and social and economic aspects of the various communities [The
World Bank].
-
Tokples Priskuls
in Papua New Guinea:
This study analysed the implications of Tokples Priskuls in
East New Britain and Western Highlands Provinces, on elementary
education [UNICEF].
-
The Effects of
Multi-Grade Teaching:
This study analysed the implications of multi-grade teaching
situations in community schools, on student learning [AusAID].
-
Education Project
[Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)].
-
Shift Teaching
Evaluation Project:
This study evaluated the work value of members of the
teaching service in Papua New Guinea in relation to current teaching
practices and the introduction of shift teaching [Papua New Guinea
Teachers’ Association].
-
Shift Teaching
Evaluation in East New Britain:
This study evaluated the advantages and disadvantages of
shift teaching in Kokopo High School [East New Britain Provincial
Government].
-
Shift Teaching
Evaluation and Community Development:
A study of the social development of skills by Papua New
Guinea youths, through W. D. Scott International [Asia Development
Bank].
Electoral Studies
-
A Study of the Electoral Process in Papua New Guinean:
Production of a detailed handbook of the Papua New Guinea electoral
system with suggested options for reform [Electoral Commission of Papua New
Guinea].
-
An Assessment of the
Electoral System:
Efforts to Improve Electioneering in Papua New Guinea:
A series of three election monitoring and evaluation studies were carried
out:
-
Gazelle Open By-Election, which investigated three innovations —
an ID system, one-day polling, and more than one counting centre.
-
Kuni By-Election,
which investigated the inadequacies of the
common roll and calls for interagency cooperation in collecting and recording
data.
-
Cloudy Bay By-Election, which investigated the possibility of a
challenge being lodged with the Supreme Court on the grounds of infringement of
voters’ rights with regard to the abolition of the sectoral vote provision under
the Organic Law on National Elections.
Most of its recommendations have being passed as legislation by the
National Parliament [Electoral Commission of Papua New Guinea]
Environmental Impact
-
Lakekamu Alluvial Benchline Goldmine Impact Study
[Department of
Minerals and Energy].
-
Bonua-Magarida Timber
Social Impact Study:
A report on logging in Central Province [Rimbunan Hijau Logging Co. Pty
Ltd].
-
Social Impact Studies
on Hanuabada Drainage and Sewerage, Hanuabada Village, Port Moresby:
A study commissioned to produce and confirm
the engineering designs for the proposed drainage of
Hanuabada Village [Motu-Koita Interim Assembly].
-
UNCED ’92:
A conference report on current environmental issues affecting Papua New
Guinea [Department of the Prime Minister].
-
ESCAP Environmental
Project [ESCAP].
-
People, Land
Management and Environmental Change (PLEC) Project:
This study entails substantial field work throughout Papua New Guinea, as part
of an international study of communities, land use and management, and the
resultant effects on the environment [United Nations University, Tokyo].
Fisheries
-
Sociological Study of the Major Baitfishing Areas of Papua New Guinea:
Past dissatisfaction by the local people at the way baitfishing royalties were
distributed led to the disruption of tuna fishing, which is dependent on a
regular fresh supply of live bait. This project
examined traditional marine rights in the New Guinea Islands and recommended
payment methods [Department of Fisheries].
Foreign Aid
-
United Nations Development Program — Fourth Country Program:
A review of the Fourth Country Program for Papua New Guinea with
recommendations for improvement, as well as all UNDP aid projects for
agriculture, industries, and services [United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP)].
Forestry
-
National Forest Plan Seminar:
The Institute was
commissioned to organise this seminar and publish a report on its finds
[Department of Forests].
-
Policy that Works for
Forests and People:
This is part of a study of six countries aimed at developing a better
understanding of the forces at play in contests over policy, the processes that
make an manage good policies, the winners and losers, and the factors that
affect policy outcomes. The first reports were “The
Political Economy of Forest Management in Papua New Guinea”, and “Loggers,
Donors, and Resource Owners”.
There are another four reports to be prepared [International Institute
for Environment and Development IIED].
-
Gender Equity and
Forest Conservation:
The study of gender equity and forest
conservation, and increased female participation in household contributions
[Gesellschaft Fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)].
-
Vanimo Tropical Forest
Project:
A continuing study of the Vanimo Forest Project with particular reference
to socioeconomic and sociocultural impacts on the local groups and landowners
[Avenir Peuples Forest Tropicales (APFT); and the University of Kent at
Cantebury].
-
Participatory Land Use
Planning for Forest and Agricultural Resources in Papua New Guinea:
A study of aspects of planning in relation
to the use of land for forestry activities and agricultural development [The
Australian National University; and Australian Centre for International
Agricultural Research (ACIAR)].
Governance
Intellectual, Biological,
and Cultural
Property Rights
-
Intellectual, Biological, and Cultural Property Rights:
This seminar presented aspects of property rights from all areas of
potential ownership – the sciences, the arts, technology, and so on
[Conservation Melanesia; the National Museum, and the National Research
Institute].
Land Tenure and Land
Use
-
Land Tenure for Rubber Development:
Research was carried out in selected provinces to find out whether
customary landowners would be willing to offer their land for nucleus and
smallholder rubber development [Asian Development Bank (ADB)].
-
Rapid Rural Appraisal
Study:
This study examined the situation, problems, and environment of farmers
in the Lae District, Morobe Province. The study was
carried out to discover whether rapid rural appraisal surveys are a useful tool
for locating problem areas for further research [Department of Agriculture and
Livestock].
-
Simbu Land Use Project
(SLUP):
An evaluation of land-use research with
SLUP [National Planning Office].
-
Land Use and
Population in the Southern Highlands Rural Development Project
[World Bank; and Department of Finance].
-
Land Evaluation for
the Pomio District:
A land evaluation study for feasibility of cardamom and cocoa projects
[Department of Agriculture and Livestock].
-
People, Land
Management, and Environmental Change (PLEC) Project:
This study entails substantial field work throughout Papua New Guinea, as part
of an international study of communities, land use and management, and the
resultant effects on the environment [United Nations University, Tokyo].
Law and Order
-
Law and Order Project:
A joint study
of law and order in Papua New Guinea [Institute of National Affairs].
-
Crime Survey in Port
Moresby and Lae:
A survey to find out how people fall victims to crime, and the measures
that local communities take to deal with law and order problems in their
neighbourhoods [Foundation for Law, Order and Justice].
-
Spak Brus’ in Papua
New Guinea:
A marijuana study in the Highlands Region and Morobe Province.
The use and abuse of marijuana in Papua New Guinea, its social and
economic effects, and the adequacy or otherwise of existing controlling
legislation [National Bureau of Narcotics; and the Foundation for Law, Order and
Justice].
-
Election Violence in
the Highlands:
A study to establish whether alcohol consumption is a cause of violence
and disorder in the Highlands Regions [Highlands Regional Secretariat].
-
Parole Board Research
Project [Department of Attorney-General].
-
Sexual Violence in
Papua New Guinea [British High Commission].
-
Law and Order and the
Justice System:
A seminar address to the Royal Papua New
Guinea Constabulary from NRI research data [AusAID].
Medical Anthropology
-
Family Health Evaluation Project:
Evaluating the delivery of maternal and child health and family
planning services throughout Papua New Guinea, with special attention to Gulf,
East Sepik, West Sepik, Eastern Highlands, and East New Britain Provinces
[National Planning Office].
-
The Situation of
Children:
The study describes the conditions for
children in Papua New Guinea, using existing but largely unpublished data
concerning health, education, and social welfare.
Assembled information about policies for children is presented in a
useable format [United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund].
-
Mapping MCH Coverage:
This study assembled data on maternal and
child health services during the period of decentralisation when there was no
epidemiologist summarising these data in the Department of Health [United
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund].
-
Traditional Birth
Attendants Project:
This study surveyed field workers who had
done previous field work in rural Papua New Guinea and compiled their responses
to a questionnaire on traditional childbirth practices.
The ensuing report made recommendations that are appropriate to Papua New
Guinea, concerning the training of traditional birth attendants in the light of
these findings [United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund].
Mining and Petroleum
-
Porgera Township Feasibility Study:
This study analysed the possibility of developing a permanent Porgera
township and made policy recommendations [Mineral Resources Development Company
(MRDC)].
-
The Porgera
Fly-in-Fly-Out Feasibility Project:
This study analysed the advantages and disadvantages of the fly-in-fly-out
arrangements and the development of a permanent Porgera township.
Recommendations for possible alternatives were put forward [Porgera
Development Authority].
-
Porgera Social
Monitoring Program:
This study analysed the social impact of the Porgera mine on the
landowners and local communities that were affected by this resource development
[Porgera Joint Venture (Placer PNG)].
Monitoring and
Evaluation
-
An External Monitoring and Evaluation Design for the Southern
Highlands Rural Development Project: The
Institute was commissioned to produce a design for the external monitoring and
evaluation of all components of this integrated rural development project in
Southern Highlands Province [World Bank].
-
External Evaluation of
the Southern Highlands Development Project, First Round:
Evaluation of the progress and achievements
of the project in implementation of its aims [World Bank and Department of
Finance].
-
Simbu Land Use
Project:
An evaluation of land-use research within
SLUP [National Planning Office].
-
External Evaluation of
the Southern Highlands Development Project, Second Round:
Evaluated health projects of the SHRDP
[World Bank; and National Planning Office].
-
Enga Rural Development
Project:
External evaluation of all the components
of the project [Enga Provincial Government].
-
Mid-Term Evaluation of
Enga Yaaka Lasemana;
This study evaluated the human welfare
aspects of the World Bank-funded integrated rural development project, and
largely concentrated on capital expenditures for health and education facilities
[World Bank; and National Planning Office].
-
Studies to Evaluate
the Impact of Agricultural Credit on Coffee, Cocoa, and Oil-Palm Growers in
Western, East New Britain and Oro Provinces:
This study evaluated the impact of loans made available through the World Bank
funds to coffee, cocoa, and oil-palm growers on plantations, 20-hectare blocks,
and smallholdings, and determining a monitoring system for individual projects
[Agriculture Bank of PNG].
-
Integrated Rural
Development Programs in Papua New Guinea:
External Aid and Provincial Development Planning [Department of Finance
and Planning].
-
Evaluation of Selected
JICA Projects in Papua New Guinea.
The projects were Japanese Language at Sogeri National High School; Improvement
of Broadcasting Stations; Provision of Medical Equipment and Supplies; the
Forest Research Institute, Lae; Fire Service Improvement; and the Redevelopment
of Port Moresby General Hospital [Japanese International Cooperation Agency].
-
Project Benefit
Monitoring Study:
The CRAD Project:
This study compared and evaluated the funding of the project against the
socioeconomic parameters and indicators established by the benchline study
[Department of Agriculture and Livestock].
-
Social Effects of
Structural Adjustment in Papua New Guinea:
This was an evaluation of the World Bank’s Structural Adjustment Program and its
social effects on the Papua New Guinean People [Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP)].
-
Sandaun Rural
Development Project:
This study entailed a Completion and
Summary Report [Department of Finance and Planning].
Non-Formal Education
Plantations
-
Operations of
Localised Plantations in Manus:
An examination of the reasons for failure of localised
copra plantation in Manus [Manus Provincial Government].
-
Plantation Labour in Papua
New Guinea:
A study of the working conditions for
plantation labour [International Labour Organisation].
Population and
Migration
-
Mortality
in Papua New Guinea: A study of the
trends and differentials in mortality, in the population of Papua
New Guinea [ESCAP].
-
Family and
Fertility in Port Moresby:
A city-wide survey of the knowledge, attitudes
and practices of family planning in Port Moresby [Department of
Environment and Conservation].
-
The Survey under
Difficult Conditions:
Population Data Collection and Analysis in Papua
New Guinea [National Statistical Office].
-
Border Population
Study of Western Province:
A study to find out whether cross-border ties and
migration are significantly linked [Department of Foreign Affairs].
-
Less Developed
Areas Program [National Planning
Office].
-
Population
Projections and Migration Estimates
[National Statistical Office].
-
Land Use and
Population in the Southern Highlands Rural Development Project
[World Bank; and Department of
Finance].
-
Status Report on
Population Policy:
A review of the attempts at the formation of
population policies in Papua New Guinea [Department of Finance and
Planning].
-
Population
Bibliography for Papua New Guinea:
The compilation of an up-to-date
bibliography of publications concerning all aspects of the
population, by select categories [AusAID; the National Planning
Office; and UNDP].
Resettlement Schemes
-
Benchline
Study of the Cape Rodney Agricultural Development Project:
Identification and setting up of social and economic
parameters and indicators to rate the success or failure of the
project for future evaluation studies on the life of the project
[Department of Agriculture and Livestock].
-
Cape Rodney
Rubber Project:
Monitoring and evaluation of farmers’ performance on the
scheme and the participation rate of landowners in the scheme
[Department of Agriculture and Livestock].
Rural Development
Programs
-
Social
Impact of the East Sepik Rural Development Project [East Sepik
Provincial Government].
-
Pomio-Bainings,
East New Britain:
Background information on the people’s demand for greater
autonomy, prepared for Department of Finance which commissioned a
development program for the area [Department of Finance].
-
Land Use and
Population in the Southern Highlands Rural Development Project
[World Bank; and Department of
Finance].
-
Arona Valley,
(outside Kainantu) Eastern Highlands:
The study required the production of a development plan —
including service and income producing components — for the two
peoples who were losing traditional lands through the creation of
the Yonki Dam [Elcom].
-
Planned
Agricultural Development Project:
A study of the most disadvantaged
groups in agricultural development in Papua New Guinea [Asian and
Pacific Development Cooperation (APDC), Kuala Lumpur].
-
Sirinimu Valley,
(outside Port Moresby) Central Province:
Because of threats to the dam and nearby generating and
transmitting installations, from the local people who were
frustrated by the lack of development of their areas, Elcom
commissioned a study of the complaints and the needs of the people
together with a presentation of options for a general development
program for the valley [Elcom].
-
Telefomin and
Oksapmin, West Sepik:
A study to identify options for the establishment of a
district development program utilising the K1 million annual income
which was derived from the agreement plan signed between the
national government and Ok Tedi Mining Ltd [West Sepik Provincial
Government].
-
Resource Rent Use
Project: A
study of the use of royalties and income by the landowner groups in
the major resource development project areas [Mineral Resources
Development Company (MRDC)].
Rural
Electrification
-
Rural
Electrification in Papua New Guinea — Village Studies:
A component in a larger study of the commercial
feasibility of extending the grid in rural Papua New Guinea,
including the appraisal of different ways of wiring village houses,
whether of traditional or modern materials, and of villagers’ power
requirements [Beca Worley International (NZ); and Elcom].
-
Rural
Electrification Project:
This study identified four different villages in
Papua New Guinea and analysed the implications, advantages, and
disadvantages of supplying electricity to those areas [Papua New
Guinea Electricity Commission (Elcom)].
Sago
-
Long-Term
Ethnographic Research in Upper Sepik:
Field research into the culture and language of the
Saniyo-Hiyewe with special attention to subsistence ecology of sago
use, social organisation, demography, and social and cultural change
[US National Science Foundation, and US National Institute of Mental
Health, personal fund].
Sociological Studies
-
Sociological Study of the Major Baitfishing Areas of Papua New
Guinea: Past dissatisfaction by the
local people at the way baitfishing royalties were distributed led
to the disruption of tuna fishing, which was dependent on a regular
and fresh supply of live bait. This
project examined traditional marine rights in the New Guinea islands
and recommended payment methods [Department of Fisheries].
-
Social Safety
Nets in Papua New Guinea:
A study of the socioeconomic factors
affecting/influencing Papua New Guinean Society [World Bank].
-
Disaster
Mitigation Policy [The National
Research Institute]
Socioeconomic Feasibility
Studies
-
Feasibility
Study for the Establishment of Beef Cattle Ranches in Papua New
Guinea: This was part of a larger
feasibility project involving economists and beef cattle experts
from W. Atkins (UK) looking at the possibility of establishing beef
cattle ranches in different areas of Papua New Guinea.
A special consideration was the type and size of ranch unit
to be established [European Economic Community (EEC); and Department
of Primary Industry].
-
Bismarck-Ramu
Integrated Conservation and Development Social Feasibility Study:
A full study of the
socioeconomic and sociocultural make-up of the Bismarck-Ramu areas
which details clan affiliations, changing social patterns, and
changing ways of life in the light of the imminent nickel-cobalt
project development [United Nations Development Program].
-
Porgera Township
Feasibility Study: This study analysed
the possibility of developing a permanent Porgera township and made
policy recommendations [Mineral Resources Development Company (MRDC)].
-
The Porgera
Fly-In-Fly-Out Feasibility Project:
This study analysed the advantages and
disadvantages of the fly-in-fly-out arrangements and the development
of a permanent Porgera township.
Recommendations for possible alternatives were put forward [Porgera
Development Authority].
Socioeconomic Impact
Studies
-
Social
Impact of the East Sepik Rural Development Project [East Sepik
Provincial government].
-
Social Impact
Study of an Oil Palm Project in Milne Bay:
An anthropological survey of
the project area on land tenure, social organisation, and local
opinions concerning the project [National Planning Office].
-
Socioeconomic
Impact of the Yonki Dam:
A social impact study of the creation of the
Yonki Dam in the Arona Valley was part of the requirements for the
feasibility determination under the terms of the Environmental
Planning Act 1978. The impact study
was also seen by Elcom as a necessary precursor to a further study
for devising a development program for the people of Arona Valley [Elcom].
-
Socioeconomic
Impact Study of a Goldmine at Wapolu:
An anthropological survey of villages
on north Ferguson Island preceded a report of modern infrastructure
in the area and a study of the mining camp and its relations with
local people. The study also
investigated a local ‘sacred’ site and the clay sources of the
Amphlett Islands pottery trade [Department of Mineral and Energy].
-
Socioeconomic
Impact of Rural Credit for Coffee, Cocoa, and Oil Palm Growers:
A study to evaluate the impact
of loans made available through World Bank funds to coffee, cocoa,
and oil palm growers, including plantations, 20-hectare blocks, and
smallholders; appraise the effects of differential interest rates;
and devise a monitoring system for projects to which loans have been
made [Agriculture Bank of Papua New Guinea].
-
Social Impact
Study of a Power Transmission Line from the Markham Valley to Hidden
Valley:
This study assessed and evaluated both positive and negative aspects
of power transmission from the Markham Valley to Hidden Valley [Niugini
Mining].
-
Impact Study of
the Magi Highway:
A study of the road from Magarida to the Saraga
area [Department of Transport].
-
Social Impact
Review of Resource Developments in Papua New Guinea:
A review of the impacts and
operations of the major mining and petroleum projects in PNG at
Misima, Porgera, Ok Tedi, Lihir, and Kutubu [Mineral Resources
Development Company (MRDC)].
-
Vanimo Tropical
Forest Project:
A continuation of the Vanimo Forest Project, with
particular reference to socioeconomic and sociocultural impacts on
the local groups and landowners [Avenir Peuples Forest Tropicales (APFT);
and the University of Kent at Canterbury].
-
Porgera Social
Monitoring Program:
This study analysed the social impact of the
Porgera mine on the landowners and local communities that were
affected by this resource development [Porgera Joint Venture (Placer
PNG)].
Tourism
Volunteer Programs
-
The Role of
the Expatriate Volunteer in Village Development in Papua New Guinea:
An examination of the implications of the presence of
expatriate volunteers for village society and organisation, and how
these feed back into the role of the volunteer and into the
volunteer concept [Manus Provincial Government].
-
Canadian
University Overseas Volunteer Programme:
An Assessment of the impact of
Canadian University Service Overseas Programmes in Papua New Guinea,
Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu [Canadian University Services Overseas
(CUSO)].
-
BEST Evaluation
[Canadian University Services Overseas
(CUSO)].
-
United Nations
Volunteers Projects:
This was a pre-evaluation study, collecting basic information
on the projects and interviewing the volunteers’ and beneficiary
institutions. A survey was carried out
to obtain the volunteers’ own view on the usefulness of the projects
to Papua New Guinea, and to elicit their recommendations for
improvements in future United Nations Volunteer assistance to Papua
New Guinea [United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)].
Women and
Development
-
Production
of the National Women’s Training Packages:
A women’s training package prepared for the Department of
Home Affairs and Youth [Department of Home Affairs and Youth].
-
Gender Equity and
Forest Conservation:
This study of gender equity and forest
conservation was carried out in the Ihu area of Gulf Province.
It researched the impact of such activities on increased
female participation in household contributions [Gesellschaft Fuer
Technische Zusammanerbeit (GTZ)].
-
Sexual Violence
in Papua New Guinea [British High
Commission].
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Situation
Analysis of Children and Women in Papua New Guinea:
A study of the status of
children and women in Papua New Guinean society, with reference to
their problems and suggestions for improving the situation (UNICEF)]
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Impact of
Globalisation on Gender in Papua New Guinea:
A study of the status of women
in Papua New Guinea, under the impact of WTO agreements for the
globalisation of trade (UNDP: UNIFEM)].
Youth
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Development
of Community Youth Coordinators: 350
Community Youth Coordinators (CYCs) are the interface between the
organisation of Papua New Guinea’s National Youth Movement and its
10 000 registered youths groups (with 400 000 members) scattered
throughout the country. The study
provides CYCs with the direction, supervision, skills, and
motivation that they need as agents of change to provide the energy
for the mobilisation of the Youth Movement [Department of Home
Affairs and Youth].
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Lae Urban Youth
Survey: A
study of the implications, and making policy recommendations to
National Parliament [PNG Ministerial Law and Order Committee].
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Skills
Development in Papua New Guinea:
A study of the trends in the development of
skills by Papua New Guinean youths, through W.D. Scott International
[Asian Development Bank].
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