Papua New Guinea.(taxation of land and resources)(Statistical Data Included)

From: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology | Date: December 1, 2000| Author: MANNING, H.J.; O'FAIRCHEALLAIGH, CIARAN | Copyright information

H.J. MANNING [*]

CIARAN O'FAIRCHEALLAIGH [**]

PAPUA NEW GUINEA (PNG) comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, the second largest island in the world. Size it undoubtedly has, for from the country's western border with the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya to Rossel Island and the Pacific Ocean in the east, the distance is 1,500 kilometers.

Within these limits lies a country of 462,840 square kilometers. This includes the large island...

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