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Riots erupt over PNG Privatisation Plans

Police shot student protesters in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in late June.

10 September 2001

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No more lending without forestry reforms

In January, local and international NGOs wrote to the World Bank demanding actions to achieve genuine forest reform in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

6 February 2001

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PNG forest moratorium in question

The moratorium on issuing new logging concessions in Papua New Guinea is possibly under threat.

12 December 2000

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PNG Government avoids conditionality

Relations between the Bank and the government of Papua New Guinea were strained in July by the government’s decision to issue bonds to raise money from the private sector.

15 September 1999
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