Taking a broad perspective of livelihoods, this book draws on more than ninety case studies
from thirty-six countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America to examine how people are …

More than the Soil focuses on the social, cultural, economic and technological processes
that have transformed rural areas of Southeast Asia. The underlying premise is that rural …

Using the example of smallholder oil-palm production in Papua New Guinea, this article
illustrates how elements of a market economy and modernity become enmeshed and partly …

Since the establishment of oil palm land settlement schemes (LSSs) in West New Britain
Province, Papua New Guinea, the settler population has increased significantly as second …

Small-scale village businesses in PNG often become insolvent because the revenue, stock
and cash normally earmarked for input costs are frequently redirected to the indigenous non …

The village tradestore in rural Papua New Guinea is a physical expression of modernity in
the heart of the village and is symbolic of the new economic and social formations …

There is an administrative reluctance to recognise the permanency of urban settlement in
Papua New Guinea. This reluctance, evident since the 1960s, has been characteristic of …

Internal conflicts at the local and national levels in several South Pacific countries have
revealed the fragility of national unity and the difficulties nations face in governing and …

Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a major global health problem that is being targeted for
progressive elimination. Knowledge of local disease transmission patterns in endemic …

Focusing on the small island of Paama, Vanuatu, and the capital, Port Vila, this book
presents a rare and recent study of the ongoing significance of urbanization and internal …