Globalisation, Economic Development and Alternative Sustainable Livelihoods in the Indo-Pacific Region Simon Foale

Health II: Life expectancy against per capita income, 2006

Health: Infant mortality against per capita income 2006

Education: total adult literacy against income, 2000

Overgrown coconut plantation, Naluwaluwali, April 05 Newly cleared plantation, July 05 (M. Fabinyi photo)

Commercial agriculture: Copra presently subject to price variation As is vanilla

Alby Kilo and his vanilla – Ware Is.

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George, S. (1989). A Fate Worse Than Debt: a Radical New Analysis of the Third World Debt Crisis. London, Penguin Books.

Stiglitz, J. (2003). Globalization and Its Discontents. New York, Norton.

http://farmsubsidy.org/ http://www.tradewatch.org.au/ http://www.tni.org/

Lihir, PNG Chris Gregory: Tubers -> redistribution Rice -> accumulation Mark Schwarz

Failed EU snapper fishing project, Solomon Islands, 1990s

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280 117 14 Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

Very low human population densities (/km 2 )

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June 2000: militia coup April 2006: riots and burning of Chinatown

Post-coup: governance of the forestry sector disintegrated

800,000 700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 No govt T imber products Palm products Gold Fish products Other April 2006: RAMSI http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/131232813_3bbfd063c3.jpg

1. Culture (incl gender relations) 2. History 3. Politics 4. Geography 5. Demography 6. Money = development = well-being??