Papua New Guinea, 11 September 2021

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher’s Academic Blog on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade: Opportunities versus Risks

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher - Researcher in International Business with a focus on Risks

PhD in Public Policy & Management with a focus on International Business; M.A. in International Relations & Strategy with a focus on Foreign Policy & International Security; B.A. in Political Science; Sociology and Anthropology; Associate Degree in Business Management and General Management (448 Academic Hours); Certified Technician in Control Systems and Instrumentation; Technician in Telecommunication Systems;

In this blog, I focus each time on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade in a certain country or territory in terms of how Location Factors (Political, Economic, Technological, Ecological, Legal and Cultural) and Entry Modes (e.g. M&As, Export and Greenfield) impact the attractiveness - or vice versa - the risks of FDI and International Trade in the specific country or territory. Still, keep in mind that each risk may lead to an opportunity for resolving problems via suitable FDI and International Trade, while each opportunity for FDI and International Trade may involve risks.

Political Risks: Regime Transformation, Political Instability, Wars, Conflicts, Geopolitical Conflicts, Sanctions, Global Terror, Regional Crises, and Global Crises.
Economic Risks: Economic Instability, Restrictions on FDI and International Trade, Impact of FDI on Labour Markets; International Trade Agreements and Trade Wars
Strategic Risks: Strategic Risks in M&As, Integration in M&As, Cultural Distance, Cultural Openness, Labour Unions in M&As

Papua New Guinea - Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade

**Papua New Guinea**

**Capital:** Port Moresby
**Population:** 8,947,027 (World Bank, 2020)
**GDP per capita, PPP:** $4,326.4 (World Bank, 2020)

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

**Main Religion in the Country:** Christianity

Key Figures of FDI and International Trade

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$): $333.97 (Millions) (2019)
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$): $-1,484.45 (Millions) (2019)
Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $10,597.06 (Millions) (2018)
Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $4,843.83 (Millions) (2018)
Source: World Bank

Information and Data on FDI and International Trade

FactSheetPapuaNewGuinea_2021_new (unctad.org)
Papua New Guinea Exports | 1997-2020 Data | 2021-2023 Forecast | Historical | Chart (tradingeconomics.com)
Papua New Guinea - United States Department of State

Macro Data

Papua New Guinea | Data (worldbank.org)
Papua New Guinea and the IMF

General Information and Political Information

Papua New Guinea - The World Factbook (cia.gov)
Papua New Guinea country profile - BBC News

Research Papers and Research Books

Understanding ‘resource’ conflicts in Papua New Guinea - Banks - 2008 - Asia Pacific Viewpoint - Wiley Online Library
Collective Action for War and for Peace: A Case Study among the Enga of Papua New Guinea | Current Anthropology: Vol 60, No 2 (uchicago.edu)
Fast Money Schemes: Hope and Deception in Papua New Guinea - John Cox - Google Books
Rural households in Papua New Guinea afford better diets with income from small businesses - ScienceDirect
‘Black gold or excrement of the devil’? The externalities of oil production in Papua New Guinea (anu.edu.au)
Oil palm plantation, smallholders and land settlement schemes in Papua New Guinea | Contemporary PNG Studies (informit.org)
Escaping Zaria's fire? The volcano resettlement problem of Manam Island, Papua New Guinea - Connell - 2017 - Asia Pacific Viewpoint - Wiley Online Library
Instrumental Volcano Surveillance and Community Awareness in the Lead-Up to the 1994 Eruptions at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea | SpringerLink
Full article: Sandalwood trade and development in Papua New Guinea (tandfonline.com)
Aquarium Trade Supply-Chain Losses of Marine Invertebrates Originating from Papua New Guinea | SpringerLink
Papua New Guinea agri-food trade trends: Dietary change and obesity - Schmidt, Emily, Fang, Peixun - Google Books
Papua New Guinea Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders | Women in Development and Gender Study (worldbank.org)
Art and vegetables: ‘Ground buyers’ and the contemporary art trade in Papua New Guinea
Producers' Well-Being and Natural Resource Extraction: The Eaglewood Trade in Papua New Guinea | Agricultural and Resource Economics Review | Cambridge Core
Women's and Men's Work: The Production and Marketing of Fresh Food and Export Crops in Papua New Guinea - Curry - 2019 - Oceania - Wiley Online Library
Understanding why impact assessment fails; a case study of theory and practice from Wafi-Golpu, Papua New Guinea - ScienceDirect
Mining in Papua New Guinea: A complex story of trends, impacts and governance - ScienceDirect
Land, labour and capital: Small and large-scale miners in Papua New Guinea - ScienceDirect
Land | Free Full-Text | Exploring Forest Change Spatial Patterns in Papua New Guinea: A Pilot Study in the Bumbu River Basin (mdpi.com)

Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV News Programs

Keep in mind that Documentaries and in-Depth TV News programs usually reflect a certain viewpoint. ZRB

World's Most Dangerous Cities: Port Moresby (PNG) BBC Stories - YouTube
Into the heart of Papua New Guinea’s quake zone - YouTube

Important History Events

Why History? History shapes the present and future and even may repeat itself. ZRB

Papua New Guinea, a political history
Papua New Guinea: Initiation and Independence - Don Woolford - Google Books

Other Issues

Issues that may have indirect effects or long-run effects either on opportunities or risks of FDI and International Trade. ZRB

Ganoderma infection of oil palm – a persistent problem in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands | SpringerLink
Evaluating the state-of-the-art in remote volcanic eruption characterization Part II: Ulawun volcano, Papua New Guinea - ScienceDirect
Frontiers | Multi-year Satellite Observations of Sulfur Dioxide Gas Emissions and Lava Extrusion at Bagana Volcano, Papua New Guinea | Earth Science (frontiersin.org)
The 2018 MW 7.5 Papua New Guinea Earthquake: A Dissipative and Cascading Rupture Process - Zhang - 2020 - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library
The 2018 Mw 7.5 Papua New Guinea Earthquake: A Possible Complex Multiple Faults Failure Event With Deep‐Seated Reverse Faulting - Wang - 2020 - Earth and Space Science - Wiley Online Library
Tribal life in Papua New Guinea - BBC News - YouTube