Indigenous people and economic development : an international perspective / edited by Katia Iankova, Azizul Hassan and Rachel L'Abbe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction, Katia Iankova. Part I Socio-Economic Development and Institutional Planning: Socioeconomic dynamics of Aboriginal communities in Quebec, Ibrahima Diallo and Marc-Urbain Proulx; Contrasting indigenous and non-indigenous ways of thinking about capacity building for achieving sustainable development, Ram Vemuri; Planning sustainable development within ancestral domains: indigenous people's perceptions in the Philippines, Jayson Ibanez, Beau Austin and Stephen T. Garnett; Government programs and indigenous business in the Bundjalung Nation, Australia, Amanda Shoebridge and Jeremy Buultjens. Part II Indigenous Enterprise: From passive consumers to entrepreneurs: building a political context for economic development in an Anishinabe community, QC, Marie Pierre Bosquette; Culture-based enterprise opportunities for indigenous people in the Northern Territory, Australia, Stephen T. Garnett, Beau J. Austin, Peter Shepherd and Kerstin K. Zander; Institutional arrangements and sustainable livelihoods: the experience of an indigenous community in Taiwan, Teresa C.H. Tao and Geoffrey Wall; The role of elders in indigenous economic development: the case of Kaumatua on Maori enterprises of Aotearoa, New Zealand, Jason Paul Mika; Factors influencing the creation of enterprises and success of young indigenous entrepreneurs in Quebec and Labrador, Canada, Katia Iankova. Part III Sustainability and Indigenous Tourism: Entrepreneurship in an indigenous community: sustainable tourism and economic development in a newly inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jin Hooi Chan, Ying Zhang, Tom McDonald and Xiaoguang Qi; Developing a sustainable indigenous tourism sector: reconciling socio-economic objectives with market driven approaches, Lisa Ruhanen, Char-lee McLennan and Michelle Whitford; An assessment of community-based ecotourism impacts: a case study of the San/Basarwa communities of the Kalahari, Botswana, Naomi Moswete and Brijesh Thapa; Aboriginal culture in indigenous tourism management in Central Australia, Benxiang Zeng and Rolf Gerritsen. Part IV Poverty Alleviation and Economic Development: Poverty alleviation and indigenous communities in Peninsular Malaysia, Nor'Ain Othman and Norliza Aminudin; A composition of variable economic activities: cases of three groups of indigenous peoples of South Asia, Azizul Hassan; Raffia palm industry in Nigeria: a case study of the Annang Society in the Akwa Ibom State, Umoh Samuel Uwem and Oyewo Adetola; Arctic regions of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia): problems and prospects, Elena Totonova; The urges of language adaptation for economic development within the Garos of Bangladesh, Mashrur Imtiaz and Azizul Hassan; Conclusion, Katia Iankova, Azizul Hassan and Rachel L'Abee. Index.