Ketan, Joseph2014-04-022014-04-02Ketan, Joseph. (2014). Political governance and service delivery in Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. SSGM Discussion Paper 2013/9. Canberra, ACT: ANU Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program1328-7854http://hdl.handle.net/1885/11527Western Highlands is one of several Papua New Guinean provinces caught in the suffocating grip of poor governance. It has a woeful record of administrative ineptitude, dreadful financial management and political interference with public service functions. These are deeply entrenched problems that have been allowed to grow over time and are not restricted to a particular administration or government.AusAID25 pagesapplication/pdfen-AUAuthor/s retain copyrightEmail request, from Program Administrator, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program, dated 02 April, 2014, to add SSGM Discussion Paper to the ANU Open Access Research repository.Papua New Guineapolitical governancerural developmentservice deliverydevelopment201310.25911/5f20040b5a71a