Indigenous people constitute a large portion of Latin America's population and suffer from
widespread poverty. This book provides the first rigorous assessment of changes in socio …

In the last 20 years measures of income inequality have increased and health performance
has slipped in China [1]. There is little concrete data on how these disparities are affecting …

The study examines the effects of declining forest resources on income inequality and
poverty among indigenous people and the impact of forest-related income supplements. We …

Indigenous peoples make up less than 5 percent of the world's population, yet comprise 15
percent of the world's poor. The indigenous population of Latin America is estimated at 28 …

Nepal is an independent, individual, sovereign, secular, inclusive and federal democratic
republican state. It has a cultural mosaic comprising different caste and ethnic groups. As the …

This article introduces the concept of 'strategic identity'as a bridge between the indigenous
peoples' struggle for self-determination and their search for solidarity in the context of …

Despite significant changes in poverty overall in Latin America, the proportion of indigenous
peoples living in poverty did not change much from the early 1990s to the present. While …

The idea of a distinctly 'liberal'form of multiculturalism has emerged in the theory and
practice of Western democracies and the international community has become actively …

Background: Indigenous peoples are among the most marginalized groups in society. In the
Philippines, a new policy aimed at ensuring equity and culture-sensitivity of health services …

Indigenous land tenure systems define practices of access, use, and control over resources
by individuals, clans, and communities. These practices among indigenous cultural …