Benedict Y Imbun
Biographic Data
| ID | 134524 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benedict Y Imbun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benedict Y |
| FAMILY NAME | Imbun |
| SIGNATURE | IMBUN B Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Sydney University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Genesis and Performance of an Australian Wage-Fixing System in Papua New Guinea
The functioning of inherited institutions, including those regulating labour markets, in former colonised countries is embedded with their character and history. Yet, there has been surprisingly little academic interest in the changing roles and performance of post-colonial labour market institutions. These institutions can express values – linked to, for example, fairness in decision-making and equitable distribution – strongly held in the colon…
Struggling or in transition
The challenge of ensuring economic opportunities are made available to a country's population is a key function of any government. It is particularly acute in many developing countries where the subsistence economy is dominant and where limited formal employment opportunities exist. For such countries, reliance on cash cropping provides a central plank in earning foreign exchange. More importantly, it provides an important source of cash incomes …
Oil Extraction, Socio-Economic Impacts and Indigenous Peoples
This paper is a condensed version of a study (Imbun & Mondu, 2011) that was carried out on the Indigenous Lake Kutubu people of the Southern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. They hosted the Kutubu Petroleum Project and lived along the margins of Lake Kutubu. Their socio-economic and natural environments had been seen as an integral component of ongoing oil project operations. Despite two decades of oil operations, the Lake Kutubu people ha…
Mining Workers or 'Opportunist' Tribesmen
This paper looks at the formation and working of a 'green mining workforce' in a Papua New Guinea (PNG) mine. It describes and analyses a group of tribesmen whose entry into the modern wage-earning workforce has resulted from the establishment of a large mining project in their area. The Porgeran tribesmen2, of the Highlands of PNG have embraced the concept of monetary employment and quickly assimilated into the mining work environment. However, …
Enga Social Life and Identity in a Papua New Guinea Mining Town1
The process of modernisation coupled with division of labour and leisure have had an enormous impact on tribal people. This group of people have responded to the bewildering environment with the consolidation of their existing network on ethnic and tribal solidarity. This paper looks at one group of people, the Enga people of Papua New Guinea (PNG) while they sought employment in the now abandoned Bougainville copper mine. The paper explains that…
Mining Workers or 'Opportunist' Tribesmen
This paper looks at the formation and working of a 'green mining workforce' in a Papua New Guinea (PNG) mine. It describes and analyses a group of tribesmen whose entry into the modern wage-earning workforce has resulted from the establishment of a large mining project in their area. The Porgeran tribesmen2, of the Highlands of PNG have embraced the concept of monetary employment and quickly assimilated into the mining work environment. However, …
Struggling or in transition
The challenge of ensuring economic opportunities are made available to a country's population is a key function of any government. It is particularly acute in many developing countries where the subsistence economy is dominant and where limited formal employment opportunities exist. For such countries, reliance on cash cropping provides a central plank in earning foreign exchange. More importantly, it provides an important source of cash incomes …
Enga Social Life and Identity in a Papua New Guinea Mining Town1
The process of modernisation coupled with division of labour and leisure have had an enormous impact on tribal people. This group of people have responded to the bewildering environment with the consolidation of their existing network on ethnic and tribal solidarity. This paper looks at one group of people, the Enga people of Papua New Guinea (PNG) while they sought employment in the now abandoned Bougainville copper mine. The paper explains that…
Mining Workers or 'Opportunist' Tribesmen
This paper looks at the formation and working of a 'green mining workforce' in a Papua New Guinea (PNG) mine. It describes and analyses a group of tribesmen whose entry into the modern wage-earning workforce has resulted from the establishment of a large mining project in their area. The Porgeran tribesmen2, of the Highlands of PNG have embraced the concept of monetary employment and quickly assimilated into the mining work environment. However, …
Oil Extraction, Socio-Economic Impacts and Indigenous Peoples
This paper is a condensed version of a study (Imbun & Mondu, 2011) that was carried out on the Indigenous Lake Kutubu people of the Southern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. They hosted the Kutubu Petroleum Project and lived along the margins of Lake Kutubu. Their socio-economic and natural environments had been seen as an integral component of ongoing oil project operations. Despite two decades of oil operations, the Lake Kutubu people ha…
Struggling or in transition
The challenge of ensuring economic opportunities are made available to a country's population is a key function of any government. It is particularly acute in many developing countries where the subsistence economy is dominant and where limited formal employment opportunities exist. For such countries, reliance on cash cropping provides a central plank in earning foreign exchange. More importantly, it provides an important source of cash incomes …
The Genesis and Performance of an Australian Wage-Fixing System in Papua New Guinea
The functioning of inherited institutions, including those regulating labour markets, in former colonised countries is embedded with their character and history. Yet, there has been surprisingly little academic interest in the changing roles and performance of post-colonial labour market institutions. These institutions can express values – linked to, for example, fairness in decision-making and equitable distribution – strongly held in the colon…
Ethnology (4 works) · New guinea (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (3 works) · Law (3 works)