OECD Rural Studies Linking Indigenous Communities with Regional Development in Australia

Indigenous Australians play an important role in the development of regional economies. Compared to the non-Indigenous population, Indigenous peoples are more likely to be located in predominantly rural regions. However, significant gaps in socio-economic outcomes with non-Indigenous Australians rem...

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Autor principal: OECD (-)
Autor Corporativo: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 2020.
Colección:OECD rural studies
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Executive summary
  • Assessment
  • 1 Assessment and recommendations
  • Assessment 1: Indigenous well-being, statistical frameworks and data governance
  • Recommendation 1: Developing statistical frameworks and data governance for Indigenous well-being National Indigenous statistical frameworks and tools can be improved by:
  • Assessment 2: Creating an enabling environment for Indigenous entrepreneurs and small business
  • Recommendation 2: Creating an enabling environment for Indigenous entrepreneurs and small business
  • Assessment 3: Implementing a place-based approach to economic development that empowers Indigenous Australians
  • Recommendation 3: Implementing a place-based approach to economic development that empowers Indigenous Australians
  • 2 Indigenous well-being, statistical frameworks and data governance
  • Introduction
  • Indigenous economies in a historical context
  • Pre-settlement economy
  • Dispossession, protection and assimilation
  • Resistance and rights to development
  • Moving to a (limited) post-settlement future
  • Demography
  • Size and distribution of the Indigenous population
  • The Indigenous population is growing
  • A relatively higher proportion of Indigenous Australians live in rural regions
  • The share of Indigenous peoples living in predominantly rural regions is declining
  • Indigenous population is expected to grow, especially in non-remote areas
  • Australian Indigenous population is relatively young
  • Summary
  • Economic development and well-being
  • Well-being outcomes for Indigenous Australians is significantly lower than non-Indigenous Australians
  • Well-being outcomes of Indigenous peoples at a sub-national level
  • Income
  • Jobs
  • Employment
  • Unemployment
  • Employment by industry
  • Occupations
  • Self-employment
  • Education.
  • Health
  • Access to services
  • Findings from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
  • Current stage of well-being of Australia's Indigenous peoples at a regional level
  • Factor analysis
  • Improving Indigenous statistics and data governance
  • Indigenous statistical frameworks
  • Defining and collecting statistics about Indigenous peoples
  • Indigenous peoples and the territorial classification
  • Indigenous business data
  • Reporting on well-being outcomes
  • Inclusion of Indigenous values and perspectives in well-being indicator frameworks
  • Indigenous data governance
  • Inclusion in governance decision-making
  • Linking and sharing data
  • Adapting data collection methods
  • Providing tools and capabilities to collect data and support informed decision-making
  • References
  • Notes
  • Annex 2.A. TL3 Regions in Australia
  • 3 Creating an enabling environment for Indigenous entrepreneurs and small business
  • Introduction
  • Indigenous entrepreneurship and place
  • Indigenous entrepreneurship
  • Legal and administrative framework related to Indigenous lands and waters
  • Business structures and economic institutions
  • Indigenous economies in a regional context
  • Opportunities in the tradeable sector for Indigenous communities in rural areas
  • Typology to understand development opportunities for Indigenous communities in rural areas
  • Case study communities
  • Socio-economic profile
  • Northern Territory: Ntari/ Hermannsburg, APY/NPY Lands and East Arnhem Land
  • Ntari/ Hermannsburg
  • APY/NPY Lands
  • East Arnhem Land
  • Government policy frameworks
  • Discussion
  • Local and regional development priorities: Western Sydney, New South Wales
  • Local and regional Indigenous institutions
  • Government policy frameworks
  • Discussion
  • Local and regional development priorities: Goulburn Valley and Shepparton, Victoria.
  • Local and regional Indigenous institutions
  • Government policy frameworks
  • Discussion
  • Local and regional development priorities: Broome and the Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia
  • Local and regional Indigenous institutions
  • Government policy frameworks
  • Discussion
  • Comparing experiences across case study communities
  • National policy framework for Indigenous economic development
  • Commonwealth - State and Territory Co-operation on "Closing the Gap"
  • Closing the Gap refresh
  • Policy frameworks for Indigenous entrepreneurs and business
  • Assessment of Australian Government Indigenous business policy frameworks
  • Policy tools to support Indigenous entrepreneurs and SMEs
  • Indigenous economic development programmes
  • Why this is important
  • Indigenous economic development programmes
  • Assessment and international lessons
  • Remote economic participation
  • Indigenous specific loan facilities
  • Why this is important
  • Indigenous specific equity and loan facilities
  • Access to mainstream financial services
  • Assessment and international lessons
  • Intermediary institutions
  • Why this is important
  • Existing intermediaries
  • Assessment and international lessons
  • Investments in business skills and capabilities
  • Why this is important
  • Existing initiatives
  • Assessment and international lessons
  • Preferential procurement policies
  • Why this is important
  • Australia's approach to Indigenous public procurement
  • Assessment and international lessons
  • References
  • 4 Implementing a place-based approach to economic development that empowers Indigenous Australians
  • Introduction
  • Rationale for place-based approach
  • Self-determination for Indigenous peoples
  • Regional development policies and Indigenous peoples
  • Framework for the analysis.
  • Local Indigenous institutions to mobilise economic development opportunities
  • Importance of local institutions
  • Capabilities needed to manage economic and community development
  • Local Indigenous institutions
  • Indigenous municipalities
  • Indigenous corporations and co-operatives
  • Prescribed Body Corporates
  • Local Indigenous institutions - capacity gaps
  • Investing in an eco-system for strengthening local leadership and community planning
  • Regional advisory services
  • Indigenous research institutions
  • Community brokers that add governance capacity
  • Local benefit-sharing agreements
  • Regional collaboration and partnerships
  • Brokering and facilitating role of regional network staff
  • Role of local government
  • Inclusion in mainstream regional development planning
  • Establishing regional alliances to reach effective seize
  • Multi-level governance and funding mechanisms
  • Indigenous representation and participation in decision-making
  • Indigenous participation in Australian Government decision-making
  • Consultation within existing structures at the regional and local level
  • Cultural competency to engage
  • Coordination between different levels of government
  • Coordinating mechanisms between levels of government
  • Implementation challenges
  • Toward a more coherent approach: Improving vertical and horizontal coordination
  • Whole of government planning
  • Linking up funding and appropriations
  • Supporting policy coherence at the local level
  • Local area planning
  • Local governance and place-based agreements
  • Co-locating services
  • References
  • *Explanation for front cover image
  • Guluguk the Top Knot Pigeon.