Development Bulletin 70 (2006). Building better Pacific economies

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CONTENTS: Editor’s notes, page 3. DISCUSSION: Introduction: Building better Pacific economies / Pamela Thomas, page 5. FEATURES: REGIONAL POLICY ISSUES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH - Economic policy tools for development / William Lyakurwa, page 9. New public management and the alternative service delivery decision framework: Matching structure to context / Manuhuia Barcham, page 13. The Pacific Plan as a development strategy / Robbie Robertson, page 17. South Pacific Economic Union: Could it be viable? / Ponnusamy Manohar and Pulapa Subba Rao, page 20. Clustering: A research agenda for regional development in Oceania / David Kavanamur, page 24. RURAL DEVELOPMENT - The ‘gammon economy’ of Cape York: Lessons for nation building in Pacific island countries / Robert Phillpot, page 29. Rural development and the informal sector: Theory and practice / T Scarlett Epstein, page 33. PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM AND PRIVATISATION - Pursuing economic growth / Bob Warner, page 37. Economic growth in Papua New Guinea / Bob Warner, page 41. Public sector reform as a pre-condition for growth and development: The case of Papua New Guinea / Peter Koe, page 46. Evaluation of privatisation in Papua New Guinea / Elly Kinkin, page 50. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ISSUES - Security, peace and development: Reflections on connections, based on experience in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea / Edward P Wolfers, page 55. Affirmative action in Fiji: Is it justified? / Neelesh Gounder and Biman Chand Prasad, page 60. THE INFORMAL ECONOMY AND REMITTANCES - Urban squatters, the informal sector and livelihood strategies of the poor in Fiji Islands / Manoranjan Mohanty, page 65. Effects of regulatory measures in the informal sector in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea / Saipo Sikipris and Pulapa Subba Rao, page 69. The informal household economy: Case studies from the National Capital District, Papua New Guinea / Albert Ayius, page 73. Remittance payments and their effect: Perspective of the Samoan economy / Wood Salele, page 76. LAND TENURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Communal land tenure and agricultural development in Fiji / Tanira T Kingi, page 80. Land tenure in Pacific island countries / David Smiley, page 84. Good corporate governance of landowner entities for a sustainable economy / Joseph Palimi, page 87. Custom and court: Fulfilling the courts’ duty to develop underlying law / Patrick F Howley, page 92. WOMEN, GOVERNANCE AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA - Reflections on the women and development agenda in Papua New Guinea / Anne Dickson-Waiko, page 96. Women and governance in Papua New Guinea / Henry Okole and David Kavanamur, page 100. ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE - Issues that win elections: Papua New Guinea’s experience / Alphonse Gelu, page 105. Democracy and development through the electoral system in Solomon Islands: Social and economic impacts / Joseph D Foukona, page 109. Local-level government performance in Papua New Guinea: A case study of Wampar Local-level Government in Morobe Province / Bernard Esonu, page 112. HIV/AIDS — A KEY FACTOR IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Children affected by HIV/AIDS in National Capital District, Papua New Guinea / Esther Lavu, page 115. CONFERENCE REPORT, page 118. VIEWPOINT: Putting the capability approach into practice for project development and evaluation / John Schischka, page 119. School consolidation in rural China / Andrew B Kipnis, page 123. PUBLICATIONS: Book review, page 126. New books, page 127. Journals, page 130. Reports, page 132. RESOURCES: Organisations and programmes, page 134. Web resources, page 138. Show more