Earning a living in PNG: From subsistence to a cash economy

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Earning a living in PNG: From subsistence to a cash economy

This chapter addresses the question of how individuals and families in rural PNG respond to major livelihood threats as they make the transition from a subsistence mode of life to become increasingly integrated into the global economy through export cash cropping. Two case studies are presented: coc...

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Main Authors:	Curry, George, Koczberski, Gina, Lummani, Joachim, Ryan, S., Bue, V.
Other Authors:	Robertson, M
Format:	Book Chapter
Published:	Springer 2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22644

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