David Burrowes was involved in training entrepreneurs and government business advisers and developing small businesses in Papua New Guinea for ten years. For a further 3 years, he managed a Pacific Regional Project for Small Enterprise Development funded by the United Nations Development Program. He has developed and managed a number of businesses himself and continues to work as a consultant.
Rex Kinder similarly was involved in education and in developing instructional materials for small businesses for ten years in Papua New Guinea. He also has been involved in promoting and starting small businesses and has worked as a consultant in the Southeast Asia, South and Central Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the Pacific for the last thirty years. He has published a short story collection and a novel. Rex also continues to work as a consultant.
It is not easy to start a successful business these days and far too many fail in the first year of trading. The problem lies largely in the lack of accessible and good information available to small business owners.Running a Business in the Pacific Region offers simple step-by-step plans for starti...