Historically, of course, inequality in South Africa was fundamentally a racial story, with access to economic as well as political rights and opportunities based on skin colour.
As the host of APEC and on behalf of all Pacific island countries, PNG would like to accentuate the issue of Wealth Creation as a driver for economic development calling for high-level policy dialogue and stakeholder cooperation and reforms in key areas such as government capacity, collection of consumer data and creating an enabling environment for the development of online or digital financial products and services.