While overshadowed by energy and mining investments, Papua New Guinea’s agricultural sector is both as a key earner of foreign currency and as a primary employer for many of its citizens. The country’s fertile land makes the sector and its downstream processing and value-added spin-offs the most viable option for absorbing its growing workforce, while continuing to provide...
Second in the agriculture segment to the palm oil industry in export value, Papua New Guinea’s forestry sector continues to expand on the back of strong regional demand for raw materials. The rate of growth for the industry has accelerated over the past decade as the government has allocated large swaths of land for agricultural development which has allowed companies to fell...
This chapter offers useful facts for visitors, including information about local customs and etiquette, access to health care, visas and local languages. Readers can also find a hotel listing and contact information for foreign missions, legal services, banks, airlines and other institutions. This section also contains a viewpoint from Brian Kelly, CEO, Black Swan International.
This chapter examines the legislation in Papua New Guinea that affects enterprises and investors. It focuses on the laws that encourage investment, on the creation of a new environment protection authority and on the rules governing the registration of business names.
This chapter examines Papua New Guinea’s taxation rules, outlining the government’s focus on improving tax compliance, new double tax agreements recently signed and current corporate taxation guidelines. It also contains a viewpoint from Jonathan Seeto, Managing Partner, PwC.
Papua New Guinea’s health care system is delineated in the National Health Plan 2011-20, which places a distinct emphasis on the provision of basic care for the country’s poor and rural population. A new free primary care programme, launched by the government in 2014, eliminates all user fees from medical centres and clinics, with the aim of making basic health care free for all Papua New...
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