Papua New Guinea is heading towards economic and social collapse and could be overrun by criminals, a new Australian report warns. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute called for the global community to radically increase the amount of aid given to the country.| Send money! Send more money! And...can we have a raise in our allowance? Or we'll start breaking stuff... |
It said Australia should take over some aspects of government. The Australian Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, is heading to Papua New Guinea for bilateral meetings. The report warns that if Papua New Guinea's weaknesses are allowed to continue, the country could fall "off a cliff into full-scale state failure". The central government's authority would collapse and criminals would dominate the economy, it says. This gloomy assessment says serious decline is already well under way. |