SOCIAL-WORK AND ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT IN PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA

The development process in Papua New Guinea is examined with reference to the fact that the majority of the country's population have nor be nefited from economic growth. Social work is seeking to address this p roblem by embracing a developmental model which is particularly suited for social work practice in rural areas. However, faced with many pre ssing economic and social problems, social workers have so far made a limited impact. The article notes, however, that a new national social development policy is giving new impetus to rural economic developmen t projects and ensuring that front-line social workers will play a maj or role in these activities in the future.