Student

DEPARTMENT OF PNG STUDIES
FACULTY OF ARTS
DIVINE WORD UNIVERSITY

Brain Drain, Development and Globalization in Manus Province:
Perceptions of Manus students in Divine Word University and Madang
Technical College

Lisa Punau
Bachelor of Arts (PNG Studies) Year Four
PG416 Major Research Project

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PG416 Major Research Project
Brain Drain, Development and Globalization in Manus Province:
Perceptions of students in Divine Word University and Madang Technical
College

Lisa Punau
Bachelor of Arts (PNG Studies) Year Four
Department of PNG Studies
Faculty of Arts
Divine Word University

Major Research Project Submitted 12th October 2012

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Study Abstract
Development in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been very rapid in some areas but in other areas stagnant. PNG has twenty two provinces of which not all of them have abundant resources. With regard to such provinces that do not have that much natural resources then turn to their most important resource, the human resource. Manus Province is not an exception to that. Manus is the smallest province in the country in terms of population and land size. With not much natural resources to help develop the province, it depends on its human resource thus we see the movement of the provinces highly skilled elites into the urban areas and also out of the country as well. This brings me to my topic of research which is Brain Drain, Development and Globalization in Manus Province: Perceptions of Manus students in Divine Word University and Madang Technical College.
Brain Drain is a big issue in PNG where we see our highly skilled people moving out into the world to look for better and greener pastures as they say. In a more PNG context, we can say that there is brain drain of highly skilled elites from provinces that have fewer opportunities to provinces that have more opportunities. Manus Province has seen more people leaving the province to other areas of the country compared to other

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