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Impact Benefit Agreements A Tool for Healthy Inuit Communities?
Report

This report by the National Aboriginal Health Organization presents the definition and purpose of Impact Benefit Agreements (IBAs), the process of using IBAs, what things are included in IBAs and Inuit observations on IBAs.

Consultation protocol for indigenous communities in Argentina.

Latin American Agenda 2012 - Good Living
Manual

2012 - Multilingual - Simple

Latin American Agenda 2012 - Good Living

José María Vigil, Pedro Casaldáliga


This Latin American agenda is a pedagogical resource for communities to be informed, following a 3 step process (See, Think, Act). In this 2012 issue, they speak about "Good living", building from Indigenous knowledge about the best practices to be followed, learning from ancestral wisdom.

Beyond Growth and Development: Buen Vivir as an Alternative to Current Paradigms
Scientific Paper

2013 - English - Practical

Beyond Growth and Development: Buen Vivir as a…

Massimo Pallotino, Salvatore Monni


The aim of this paper is to investigate to what extent buen vivir ("good life"), Latin America’s new concept for collective well being, can be considered a way forward beyond current paradigms related to economic growth, development, ideology and state building.

Conflicting Paths to Wellbeing: Raramuri and Mestizo Inter-Ethnic Relations in Northern Mexico
Essay

2013 - English - Practical

Conflicting Paths to Wellbeing: Raramuri and M…

Juan Gonzalez


The dissertation focuses on the case of the Raramuri indigenous people of Northern Mexico, and uses detailed ethnographic evidence to explore how discourses of wellbeing are constructed by the Raramuri people in their daily interactions with the non-indigenous population and how power asymmetries between these groups form and persist.

Recovering and Valuing Other Ethical Pillars: Buen Vivir*
Essay

2011 - English - Technical

Recovering and Valuing Other Ethical Pillars: …

Ricardo Jimenez


This document looks at Buen Vivir in a larger philosophical overview.

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