Part 2. Policy case studies

Table of Contents

17. The 1997-98 Drought in Papua New Guinea

The 1997 drought — natural disaster or national disaster

ENSO and PNG

The 1972 event — ignorance, politics and food relief

Post-1972: crying ‘Wolf!’

1997 — a policy failure?

A triumph of the citizenry?

The need for a bilateral policy

References

18. Privatization Policy in Papua New Guinea

Introduction

Papua New Guinea’s public sector at independence

Development of state enterprise policy 1975–1983

First moves to privatization 1983–1994

Privatization in progress 1995–2005

Conclusion

References

19. Policy Making on AIDS, to 2000

The international setting of AIDS policy

Papua New Guinea policy making on AIDS

The Medium-Term Plan 1998–2002 and the National AIDS Council

Retrospective from 2005

References