Traditional Economy
- Papua New Guinea
Countries:
- Bismark Ramu Group
Active groups:
The traditional economy is bound in the economic, social and political fabric of communities, protecting customary land, culture, laws and language. The traditional economy includes traditional methods of farming, hunting and gathering which have provided resources and foods that have sustained communities for thousands of years.
Latest content
On our land: Modern land grabs reversing independance in PNG
26 May 2014
Read the latest report from PANG and the Oakland Institute on land grabs in PNG
Stopping the World Bank from Land Grabbing
26 May 2014
BRG (PNG) and PANG (Fiji) are supporting a campaign stopping the World Bank from land grabbing in the developing world. The World Bank uses its political and financial might through its investment agencies and institutions to force developing countries to follow a pre-prescribed model of development based on the neo-liberal principles of privitisation, deregulation, low corporate taxation and free market fundementalism.
