Informal Land Markets in Papua New Guinea

Koczberski, Gina; Numbasa, G; Germis, Emmanuel; Curry, George

doi:10.22459/kpi.03.2017.05

Kastom, Property and Ideology 2017

DOI: 10.22459/kpi.03.2017.05

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Informal Land Markets in Papua New Guinea

Gina Koczberski¹,

G Numbasa²,

Emmanuel Germis³

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“…During the colonial period, only limited areas of land were alienated from customary ownership; however, land is informally bought and sold between indigenous Papua New Guineans, and export cash crop smallholding has led to more individualized control over customary land(Koczberski, Numbasa, Germis, & Curry, 2017;MacWilliam, 1988). Further, since 1979, but particularly between 2003 and 2011, large areas of land were removed from customary control under PNG's 'lease-leaseback' provisions(Filer, 2012).…”

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Intermediary trading and the transformation of marketplaces in Papua New Guinea

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Trade in marketplaces is central to the domestic distribution of food and other goods throughout the developing world. The commodity networks involved are often complex with numerous intermediate transactions between producer and consumer. By contrast, in the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG), marketplace trade has historically occurred through very short commodity networks. This article examines the appearance and growing significance of intermediary trading in PNG's marketplaces and associated trade networks. Reselling is supporting urban livelihoods at a time when making a living in town is increasingly precarious, but the transformation of marketplaces, I argue, also threatens to reduce the agency of rural producers and erode the incomes of certain producers. Growing intermediation may also see men increasingly involved in an economic domain where women have been central. The emergence of intermediaries is globally an important historical development, and this article provides a rare study of this process within the contemporary era. K E Y W O R D S commodity networks, intermediaries and middlemen, marketplace, Papua New Guinea, rural-urban relations, trade 1 | INTRODUCTION Trade in marketplaces is central to the domestic distribution of food and other goods throughout the developing world. The commodity networks involved are often complex with numerous intermediate transactions between producer and consumer. By contrast, in the independent Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea

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Large-Scale Land Transformations and Changing Sociality among the Wampar in Papua New Guinea

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Informal Land Markets in Papua New Guinea

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Intermediary trading and the transformation of marketplaces in Papua New Guinea

Intermediary trading and the transformation of marketplaces in Papua New Guinea

Large-Scale Land Transformations and Changing Sociality among the Wampar in Papua New Guinea

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