Indigenous Development
'Development' in Indigenous Australia: international meanings and local approaches
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
There is growing recognition that a 'development' approach to Indigenous communities could be useful, in contrast to (or to complement) a service delivery approach to Indigenous Affairs. But what does a development approach mean? There are many different ideas about what 'development' is and how it is achieved, and hence many different approaches to 'development'. This seminar will canvass some approaches to 'development' common in the international arena and critically explore how they are being articulated in Indigenous Australia, explicitly or implicitly.
Philanthropy, non-government organisations and Indigenous development
Discussion Paper 242 / 2002
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This paper is an exploration of the potential opportunities and costs of linkages between philanthropic bodies, non-government organisations (NGOs), Indigenous organisations and the academy. Following an overview of the evolution of the 'Literacy for Life' project, provided as a case study of the development of the type of collaboration we want to explore, the paper provides a discussion of the nature of philanthropy in Australia today and major changes afoot in the sector internationally.
Capacity development in the international development context: Implications for Indigenous Australia
Discussion Paper 278 / 2005
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Capacity development has become a key concept in international development in recent years. Older approaches involving technical cooperation, in which knowledge and skills were to be transferred to developing countries, have been unsuccessful. In contrast capacity development is viewed as an endogenous process within organisations and communities which are themselves embedded in wider systems. Understanding the features of these systems which might support rather than inhibit capacity development is therefore important.
Aboriginal Population Profiles for Development Planning in the Northern East Kimberley
Research Monograph 23 / 2004
ISBN 1 9209420 8 4 (Print Version)
ISBN 1 9209420 3 3 (Online Version)
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John Taylor is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, The Australian National University, Canberra.
