2006, Volume 21, Number 1

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Articles

John Gibson, David J. McKenzie and Halahingano Rohorua, How cost-elastic are remittances? Estimates from Tongan migrants in New Zealand

Chakriya Bowman, Papua New Guinea’s fear of floating

Oskar Kurer, The Papua New Guinean malaise: from redistributive politics to a failing state

Gaurav Datt and Thomas Walker, Does mining sector growth matter for poverty reduction in Papua New Guinea?

Alphonse Gelu, Government legitimacy in Papua New Guinea, 1992–2005

David Kavanamur and Ernest Alan Buttery, Successful alliance management in a developing country

Thomas Sampson, Jeffrey Yabom, Williamina Nindim and Jacob Marambini, Exchange rate pass-through in Papua New Guinea

Policy Dialogue

Ben Y. Imbun, Multinational mining and petroleum companies’ perceptions of the policy framework in Papua New Guinea

Chakriya Bowman, Creating skills hubs to attract foreign investment to Papua New Guinea

Samuel Kriss Koyama, The Development Forum -environmental governance and sustainability within Papua New Guinea’s resource extraction sector

Bill Standish, Limited preferential voting in Papua New Guinea: some early lessons

Benjamin Reilly, Political reform in Papua New Guinea: testing the evidence

John Millett, Papua New Guinea: enduring problems, radical solutions

Focus

Tim Curtin and David Lea,  LAND TITLING ISSUES. Land titling and socioeconomic development in the South Pacific

Tim Anderson, LAND TITLING ISSUES. On the economic value of customary land in Papua New Guinea 

Charles Yala, LAND TITLING ISSUES. Rethinking customary land tenure issues in Papua New Guinea

Book Reviews

Peter Larmour, Foreign Flowers: institutional transfer and good governance in the Pacific islands

Ian Scales, Apem Moa: Solomon Islands leadership

Mike Manning, Gun Running in Papua New Guinea: from arrows to assault weapons in the Southern Highlands

Ron Crocombe, Pacific Places, Pacific Histories: essays in honor of Robert C. Kiste

Anthony van Fossen, Reply to book review

Economic survey

Siosiua T.T. ‘Utoikamanu, The Tonga economy 2005

Charles Yala and Ron Duncan, Microeconomic reform in Papua New Guinea: the big challenge 

Statistics

South Pacific statistics at a glance