Strategic Directions for Human Development in Papua New Guinea

There is an emerging consensus in Papua New Guinea (PNG) -- both at the governmental level and among civil society more generally -- that human development outcomes are far less than satisfactory and that service provision in many parts of the country is collapsing despite the significant level of b...

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Main Authors:	Asian Development Bank, Australian Agency for International Development, World Bank
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	Hospital hospitals Human Development Human Resource Development immunization Immunodeficiency Infant Infant Mortality Infant Mortality Rate infant mortality rates infectious diseases information system International Cooperation isolation labor force labor market leading causes leading causes of death legal status level of poverty levels of education life expectancy live births living standards local communities Low-Income Countries Low-Income Country Malaria management systems mandates mass media maternal mortality maternal mortality rates Medical Research Millennium Development Goals Ministry of Education Ministry of Health Mortality Mother Mother-to-Child Mother-to-Child Transmission multiple partners National AIDS national government national level national policies national policy national priorities nurses policy development policy dialogue Policy document policy makers Polio political instability poor health population growth rate poverty reduction poverty reduction strategies practitioners Prevention Interventions prevention strategies primary health care primary health services primary school Private Sector Private Sector Involvement progress provincial hospitals provision of services Public health Public investments public service quality education quality of education quality of services quality services rapid population growth Recurrent Expenditure Recurrent Expenditures Reproductive Health Reproductive Health Care resource allocation resource constraints respect Risk Groups risky behavior rural areas Rural Development rural population rural welfare safe water school children school levels secondary education secondary school secondary schools Sectoral Plans sectoral priorities Service Delivery service provision set of recommendations Sex Sex with Men sex workers sexual behavior sexual intercourse sexual partners sexual violence sexuality sexually active Sexually Transmitted Infections Skills Development social control social marketing social marketing of condoms Social Sector social sectors STIs Teacher Ratio technical assistance technical education Tertiary Education Tetanus Total Expenditures Traditional Birth Attendant Tuberculosis UNFPA United Nations Population Fund Universal Basic Education Universal Primary Education unprotected sex urban areas urbanization use of condoms violence violence against women Vocational Education vocational training Voluntary Testing workers Workforce World Health Organization young children
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13543

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Summary:	There is an emerging consensus in Papua New Guinea (PNG) -- both at the governmental level and among civil society more generally -- that human development outcomes are far less than satisfactory and that service provision in many parts of the country is collapsing despite the significant level of both government and development partner financing of the human development sectors. In response, the government and the Joint Donors -- the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the World Bank -- embarked on a Human Development Review to suggest options for improving human development outcomes and government expenditure efficiency. In this review of strategy options for health, HIV/AIDS, and education, it is argued that human development sectors are at an important crossroad with a large unfinished agenda and a range of critical challenges.

Strategic Directions for Human Development in Papua New Guinea

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