There has been escalating media coverage of the view that Indigenous economic disadvantage and housing and infrastructure shortages are linked to communal title to land resulting from land rights and native title. Jon Altman, Craig Linkhorn and Jennifer Clarke challenge the view that privatising or individuating this land might generate better economic and social outcomes...

There is currently a growing policy interest in the effects of the regulatory environment on the ability of Indigenous people to undertake customary harvesting of wild resources. Matthew Gray, Jon Altman and Natane Halasz have developed a methodology to estimate the economic benefits derived from the use of wild resources, which has been piloted with...

The Community Development Employment Projects scheme employs around 35,000 Indigenous Australians and accounts for over one-quarter of total Indigenous employment. Jon Altman and Matthew Gray review the evidence on the social and economic impacts of the scheme, and argue that the scheme should continue to be supported and resourced.

Jon Altman and Mike Dillon explore the role of government as risk manager for commercial development and resource management on Indigenous land, and outline the principles that must underpin any intervention program. They propose a new investment scheme to assist development and natural resource management on the growing Indigenous estate which ensures that commercial and...

One of the most important programs for Indigenous community and economic development is the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme. CDEP employs around 35,000 Indigenous Australians and accounts for over one-quarter of total Indigenous employment. This paper reviews the evidence on the social and economic impacts of the scheme. The available evidence demonstrates that the...