Business Motivations By Tiri Kuimbakul The Western development model which is based on congregating large populations of landless people in cities who are dependent on paid jobs for their livelihoods will not work in PNG (this has been proven through 45 years of experimentation) because of one fundamental reason: OUR PEOPLE OWN LAND. All development policies including education should be aimed at empowering the majority of our people to create wealth and sustainable livelihoods based on their land and local resources, while allowing a minority to live on paid jobs in towns and cities. This will mean focusing on developing the rural areas (improving/building rural roads, bridges, jetties; improving law and order; improving aid posts and health centres etc) and changing the education curriculum to focus more on lifeskills training and less on preparing students for white collar jobs which don't exist. The fact is, with a population growing at more than 200,000 people every year, there will never be a time when the economy creates and provides jobs for every jobseeker. The only logical and viable alternative is self-employment.
If we don't make a strategic shift now, we are certainly headed for disaster. The 'time bomb' - which is ticking with the passing of every year which sees thousands of young people being dropped by the system - will blow up all over the country and it will be too late. Social disharmony and chaos - even anarchy - will be the order of the day. I have said this many times but I'll say it again as we end another year: When the gap between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' widens too much, the 'have-nots' will fight the 'haves' to have what the 'haves' have." Next : 6 Attitudes To Avoid If You Want To Be Successful In Life
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