Governance at the Local Level in Melanesia – Absent the State

At independence the three Melanesian states of the Pacific Islands region – Papua New Guinea (1975), Solomon Islands (1978) and Vanuatu (1980) – opted for decentralised systems of government. In all cases a three-tier system of national, provincial and local government was introduced, although the s...

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Main Author: David Hegarty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2009-05-01
Series:Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance
Online Access:https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/cjlg/article/view/1099