MARKETS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN ASIA

This volume examines how development affects indigenous people in India China the Philippines Indonesia Lao PDR and Vietnam in a comparative perspective. It features multi-sited analyses during and of development projects in these countries over a period of about 15 years. The concept of development is approached in two ways: the first as improved well-being or welfare and the second as the development of new capacities in production. The volume uses the results of and lessons learnt from these projects to look at broader issues of indigenous peoples' development. In doing so it draws a framework for relevant future project design and implementation.