3? March 1998. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: IMPACT (ECONOMIC)

The National reports Papua New Guinea's foreign exchange reserves are sufficient for only two months of imports, having fallen from K800 to K 300 as the ongoing drought closed mines that generate much of PNG's exports. The start of the wet season is expected to improve the siutation.

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