THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held a consultative workshop on human development in collaboration with the government in Port Moresby yesterday.
Facilitated by the Consultative Implementation and Monitoring Council (CIMC), the workshop outlined UNDP’s second human development report after its first report in 2008. Resident representative of UNDP in PNG David McLachlan-Karr said revenues from extractive industries in the country had soared for many years, making PNG a strong and stable economic performer in the Pacific region. “Over the past decade PNG’s economy has been robust, averaging 7% growth annually. However, growth has not been inclusive and the country remained off track to achieve Millennium Development Goals by 2015,” he said. McLachlan-Karr said PNG ranked 156th out of 186 countries on the 2013 Human Development Index (HDI), with persistent levels of poverty and social inequality. He said an estimated 40% of the total population lived on less than $US1 (K2.3) per day with a gross national income per capita of US$2,227 dollars (K5,200) of which over 75% of households depended on subsistence farming. He said life expectancy was 61.6 years and 25% of children never went to school. “This shows that while economic growth is a necessary pre-requisite for poverty reduction and development, it does not guarantee that development benefits will trickle down equitably and in an inclusive manner to all Papua New Guineans.” “The PNG Vision 2050 states that by 2050, PNG will be smart, wise, fair, healthy and happy society.” He said in the UNDP Human Development Index, PNG aspired to be ranked among the top 50 countries, creating opportunities for personal and national advancement through economic growth, smart innovative ideas, quality service and ensuring fair and equitable benefits in a safe and secure environment for all citizens. “To support the government of PNG meaningfully in addressing the paradox of plenty, UNDP is collaborating with GoPNG to prepare a National Human Development Report that looks at the various ways of translating wealth from natural resource extraction into human development,” he said.. PNG Facts / The National Comments are closed.
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