Gates, Hired Guns and Mistrust - Business Unusual : The Cost of Crime and Violence to Businesses in Papua New Guinea

Lakhani, Sadaf ; Willman, Alys M.

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ABUSE;    ACCESS TO CREDIT;    ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT;    ACCOUNTING;    AFFORDABLE HOUSING;   

RP-ID  :  88544

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

High levels of crime and violence arewidely viewed as a critical constraint to development inPapua New Guinea (PNG). The most casual discussion on thetopic inevitably elicits stories of personal experiences ofvictimization, or those of friends or family. Reports ofviolent incidents appear in the media on a daily basis.Despite 10 years of strong economic growth, with an increasein GDP of over 8 percent in 2011, there is a perception isthat crime and violence have an impact on the businessclimate in the country, and that the costs to developmentare significant. This paper is the fourth in a seriesproduced by the World Bank as part of the study"Socioeconomic Costs of Crime and Violence inPNG". The aim of the study has been to conduct targeteddata collection and mine existing information sources,creating new analyses, in order to feed an informed dialogueamong key stakeholders in PNG, and to help the businesscommunity in their ongoing discussions. As such, the studyprovides an overview of costs according to key themes alongwith presenting relevant empirical evidence, rather than adetailed accounting.