[EQ] Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Development

Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Development

 

Background document for the Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Development: Research Dissemination Workshop
December 20, 2010, Washington DC

Gillette Hall, Visiting Associate Professor, Georgetown University

Harry Patrinos, Lead Education Economist, Human Development Network – Education - Draft Manuscript April, 2010

Study supported by The Trust Fund for Environmentally & Socially Sustainable Development (TFESSD).

Sponsor: Human Development Network and Social Development the World Bank

The study offers a "global snapshot" of a set of indicators for Indigenous Peoples vis-à-vis national demographic averages

Available online PDF [339p.] at: http://bit.ly/ihAZ0h

 

“…..This book provides a cross-country assessment of poverty and socio-economic indicators for indigenous peoples. It is motivated by a recent study of indigenous peoples in Latin America (Hall and Patrinos 2006), which finds high poverty rates among these groups, and little to no improvement in poverty rates over time, and a continued interest in indigenous peoples socioeconomic status worldwide. Information on indigenous peoples‘ status by country, as well as analysis of the core drivers of poverty and movements out of poverty, remains lacking and is a significant constraint in implementing policies for the advancement of indigenous peoples across the developing world.

Building on this earlier work, the objective of this project is to assess the extent to which findings from Latin America apply to indigenous peoples in other regions. As such, it explores the extent to which evidence from across the developing world – including Asia and Africa - supports the hypothesis that poverty and deprivation is more severe among indigenous peoples, but more importantly, whether poverty and other trends over time indicate a similar disconnect between indigenous peoples and the overall economy in the countries where they live.

The report provides, first, an overview of results for a set of international development indicators, based on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), for indigenous peoples, compiled for all countries for which data are readily available, and, second, detailed case studies for seven countries, four in Asia (China, India, Laos and Vietnam) and three in Africa (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Gabon). Together with earlier case studies for five Latin American countries (Hall and Patrinos 2006), the case study results cover over 85 percent of the world‘s indigenous population.

By providing disaggregated data on indigenous peoples, the report is designed to facilitate improved monitoring of national poverty reduction strategies and progress towards international goals (such as the MDGs), allowing indicators to be assessed not only for national averages, but also disaggregated for indigenous peoples…..”

Workshop website: http://bit.ly/eIGyUf

 

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Becoming indigenous

3. Indigenous peoples and development goals: a global snapshot

4. Central Africa: the case of the pygmies

5. China: a case study in rapid poverty reduction

6. India: the scheduled tribes

7. Laos: ethno-linguistic diversity and disadvantage

8. Vietnam: a widening poverty gap for ethnic minorities

9. Towards a better future for the world’s indigenous peoples

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