Papua New Guinea in 2006: Somare's U-Turn and Legacy
Michael Somare reshuffled his cabinet twice and dumped Bart Philemon, the finance minister widely credited as the architect of Papua New Guinea's economic recovery. Record prices for oil and commodities gave the government economic growth and a record surplus. The country's relations with Australia reached a new low over the arrest of Julian Moti, the Solomon Islands' attorney general, in Port Moresby.
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Publication title
Asian Survey: A Monthly Review of Contemporary Asian AffairsVolume
47Pagination
200-205ISSN
0004-4687Department/School
School of HumanitiesPublisher
Univ Calif PressPlace of publication
C/O Journals Division, 2000 Center St, Ste 303, Berkeley, USA, Ca, 94704-1223Rights statement
Published as Papua New Guinea in 2006: Somare's U-Turn and Legacy, James Chin, Asian Survey, Vol. 47, No. 1 (January/February 2007,) (pp. 200-205). © 2007 by [the Regents of the University of California/Sponsoring Society or Association]. Copying and permissions notice: Authorization to copy this content beyond fair use (as specified in Sections 107 and 108 of the U. S. Copyright Law) for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by [the Regents of the University of California/on behalf of the Sponsoring Society] for libraries and other users, provided that they are registered with and pay the specified fee via Rightslink® on [JSTOR (http://www.jstor.org/r/ucal)] or directly with the Copyright Clearance Center, http://www.copyright.com.Repository Status
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