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In recent years, many rural Third World communities have suffered from the gradual degradation of the natural resources on which they depend. The Kilenge people of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, offer such an example. The paper examines some of the nutritional, economic, social, and political impacts of these changes on the individual, on the household, and on the community in one Kilenge village. It argues that there may be alternatives to dependent development for this community. It concludes that redirected priorities can assist indigenous communities like Kilenge to achieve sustainable selfdirected economic improvement.
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Grant, J. The impacts of dependent development on community and resources in Kilenge, Papua New Guinea. Hum Ecol 15, 243–260 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00888382
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