Is Papua New Guinea viable?

Pacific Economic Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 134-148

  Gosarevski, Steven ^a   Hughes, Helen ^a   Windybank, Susan ^a  

^a Centre for Independent Studies   (Australia)

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