Economic Exclusion and Discrimination : The Experiences of Minorities and

issues paper Acknowledgements Minority Rights Group International (MRG) gratefully acknowledges the support of all organizations and individuals who gave financial and other assistance for this paper, including the Department for International Development (UK) and CORDAID. She is an economist specializing in the analysis of poverty, inequality and redistribution in developing countries, the economics of conflict in developing countries, the effects of trade liberalization on household poverty, and the measurement of social inequality. School of Economics. Her main current research is on the impact of trade reforms and trade shocks on household poverty dynamics, funded by DFID. She has also recently worked as a consultant for the World Bank, FAO, IFAD, AfDB and DFID. Minority Rights Group International Minority Rights Group International is a non-governmental organization (NGO) working to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities. We are guided by the needs expressed by our worldwide network of minority and indigenous partner organizations. Minority Rights and Development Minority Rights and Development is a research and advocacy programme, established by MRG and its partners, to address the development-related exclusion and marginalization of minority and indigenous communities, and to work towards the elimination of poverty. Minority Rights and Development programme publications include issues papers, macro studies and micro studies. Material from this publication may be reproduced for teaching or for other non-commercial purposes. No part of it may be reproduced in any form for commercial purposes without the prior express permission of the copyright holders. For further information please contact MRG. A CIP catalogue record of this publication is available from the British Library. Discrimination: The Experiences of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples is published by MRG as a contribution to public understanding of the issue which forms its subject. The text and views of the authors do not necessarily represent in every detail and in all its aspects, the collective view of MRG.