PNG: World Bank admits past PNG relations 'unrealistic'

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Updated February 22, 2008 08:58:45

The World Bank says it has sometimes been unrealistic in its past dealings with Papua New Guinea. The Bank says its work in PNG has been punctuated by periods of controversy and many disappointments - especially the conflict over forestry and conservation. The World Bank has not prepared a major economic report on PNG since 1999 and no new projects were proposed in the five years to 2007.

Presenter: Graeme Dobell
Speakers: The World Bank's Vice President for East Asia and Pacific Region, Jim Adams

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