Bright lights, big problems: hardship hits career dreams of Pacific youth

Papua New Guinea is particularly hard hit, with a huge young demographic that faces few prospects without sufficient skills and education

Jim Pia is awake at five each morning to catch the first bus into the city.

Daily, the 20-year-old fights for a space on the bus from the Bushwara settlement, on the outskirts of Port Moresby, to ensure he is on time to secure a place within the capital’s Gordons Market.

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