Koyama, Samuel Kriss2019-03-302019-03-3020051834-9455 (online)0817-8038 (print)201_black.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/157765Southern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea has received hundreds of millions of kina from oil exports. However, it has failed to translate this windfall into long-term benefits for its people, resulting in the prevalence of 'poverty amidst wealth'. The paper considers this outcome a consequence of poor public policy choices and weak governance, rent seeking, corruption, and lawlessness, and puts forward alternative policies.87 KBapplication/pdfen-AUAuthor/s retain copyright