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No country in the world offers the stunning diversity and contrasts of Papua New Guinea (PNG), a country typified by the extent of social differentiation across even very small areas, with more than eight hundred languages, some spoken by fewer than a hundred individuals, and by such late and limited contact with global economy and society that cultural distinctions retain extraordinary vitality.
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smallholder cash cropping, copper agreement, cash crop prices, subsistence agricultural systems, permanent urban residents, budgetary aid, timber project, food dependency, tribal fighting, formal sector employment, tailings dam, minerals sector, island provinces, trade stores, plantation sector
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, World Bank, North Solomons, Eastern Highlands, Milne Bay, East New Britain, New Ireland, West New Britain, East Sepik, West Sepik, Eight Aims, Prime Minister, Mount Hagen, Development Bank, Economic Insights, Second World War, South Pacific, Central Province, Western Province, Paias Wingti, Solomon Islands, Highlands Highway, Michael Somare, Tok Pisin
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