Le prospettive di crescita della Papua Nuova Guinea

Dall’analisi di Maholopa (Maho) Laveil, The Interpreter. The focus on development assistance to Pacific Islands countries – spurred on by evident competition between China and Australia, New Zealand and increasingly the United States – might leave the impression of a region reliant on foreign aid. For Papua New Guinea, however, more development assistance, while welcome, is only part of the story. The main emphasis is domestic growth in the region’s largest economy. Prime Minister James Marape has stated recently he expects nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to increase from its current K101 billion to K200 billion in 2030 as new resource projects come online.

Papua New Guinea: lessons of the last decade in four charts