Conflict and resource development in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea

Conflict and Resource Development in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Abbreviations......Page 11
Measurements......Page 12
Contributors......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 17
Opening Remarks......Page 19
Introduction: Roots of conflict in the Southern Highlands......Page 21
The place of conflict in SHP......Page 23
Roots of conflict in the Southern Highlands......Page 24
Background......Page 25
Inequitable access to services......Page 26
Ethnic tensions and lack of effective administration and governance......Page 29
Unrealistic expectations about resource development......Page 32
Early predictions......Page 33
HIV/AIDS......Page 35
Conclusion......Page 36
References......Page 38
The National Government and the Southern Highlands since the 2002 General Elections......Page 41
Authority to intervene following the 2002 national election......Page 43
Government services between the failed and supplementary elections......Page 44
The Provincial Assembly......Page 46
Suspension and withdrawal of functions, powers and finances from provincial governments......Page 47
Delayed approval......Page 49
Recommendations for activating referral agencies......Page 50
Recommendations for improving law and order......Page 51
Other recent developments......Page 52
References......Page 53
The Setting: Land, economics and development in the Southern Highlands......Page 55
References......Page 65
The Southern Highlands: A hasty transition from unknown to riches and chaos......Page 67
Early leadership......Page 68
Provincial and local level government reforms......Page 70
The Court of Disputed Returns......Page 71
The churches’ role in peace mediation......Page 73
The future......Page 74
References......Page 75
Calls for a Hela province......Page 77
Cosmology and the idea of a Hela province......Page 79
The 2002-2003 elections......Page 82
References......Page 85
Conflict — What problem? Whose problem?......Page 89
Customary dispute mechanisms in Huli......Page 91
1940s-1980s......Page 95
1980s-2000......Page 99
The resource development cauldron......Page 101
National......Page 102
Provincial......Page 103
Barriers and bridges......Page 104
References......Page 105
Guiding principles and procedures under the kiap system......Page 109
Signs of the decline of the kiap system.......Page 112
Kiaps in resource industry community affairs organisations — some elements of adaptation......Page 114
What are the key problems now facing resource developers in SHP?......Page 115
How can the ‘kiap system’ address these problems?......Page 117
A possible development program to meet the six key elements......Page 118
References......Page 119
The need for contact and communication......Page 121
Leadership qualities......Page 122
Resources and the breakdown of law and order......Page 123
The future of petroleum development in the Southern Highlands......Page 124
The situation in Tari......Page 127
Fighting and crime......Page 128
Service delivery failure......Page 129
Rural stagnation......Page 130
Community-based development......Page 131
The Family Health and Rural Improvement Program......Page 133
Results......Page 134
Community-Based Health Care......Page 136
Melanesian Farmer First Network......Page 138
Program requirements......Page 139
Conclusion......Page 140
References......Page 141
Illegal gun culture......Page 143
Lack of government......Page 144
Courts......Page 145
Local-level government and district administration......Page 146
Post-election activities......Page 147
Conclusion......Page 148
Environmental impact......Page 149
Community impact......Page 150
Institutions to function as expected......Page 151
Donor agencies to utilise resource developers’ knowledge......Page 152
Conclusion......Page 153
First contacts on the road to independence......Page 155
The new provincial administration: 1975-1984......Page 157
Youth and their communities in the Southern Highlands......Page 160
Youth projects in the Southern Highlands: Success or failure?......Page 162
The Lake Kutubu Project: ‘What sort of development is this?’......Page 163
Conclusion: Whose kind of development do they want?......Page 165
References......Page 166
Conflict Vulnerability Assessment of the Southern Highlands Province......Page 169
Assumption......Page 170
Effectiveness/applicability of traditional conflict resolution mechanisms diminished......Page 171
Patronage model of governance and corruption......Page 172
Service delivery breakdown......Page 173
Lack of national government intervention......Page 174
Separatist sentiment — Hela Province movement......Page 175
Endemic lawlessness......Page 176
Trend......Page 177
Poor human development indicators......Page 178
Violence against women......Page 179
Assumption......Page 180
Reliance on mining sector for provincial revenue......Page 181
Trend......Page 182
Trend......Page 183
Conclusion......Page 184
Background......Page 185
The way forward to recovery......Page 188
Program one: Restoration of confidence in the SHP Government and its administration......Page 189
Appointment of a provincial administrator......Page 190
Establishment of a human resource management development program......Page 191
Reactivation of the district administration centres......Page 192
Effective management of and accountability for the province’s finances......Page 193
Local disputes......Page 194
The effectiveness of government and the community justice system......Page 195
Status of the law-enforcing system......Page 196
Corrective institutions......Page 197
Education......Page 198
Program four: Restoration and upgrading of the existing infrastructure......Page 199
Conclusion......Page 200
Index......Page 201