DATABASE
Policy and regulation
International policies
Medium Term Development Strategy (MTDS) 2005–2010
Country
Independent State Of Papua New Guinea
Year
2005
Issue
Solutions
Link
www.reegle.info
Abstract
The country’s Medium Term Development Strategy (MTDS) 2005–2010 recognises energy and power as critical ingredients for development and poverty reduction. The strategy invites the government to assist the disadvantaged to “lift themselves out of poverty by improving basic services, such as water and electricity.” The MTDS places high priority for government spending on non-revenue-generating infrastructure, such as roads and education, without making any financing provisions for electrification, the private sector having been expected to invest in the necessary power infrastructure requirements for development. Unfortunately, progress has been slow, and this has not yet occurred.