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10.
States should ensure that statistical data on employment and traditional livelihoods
of indigenous peoples are available at all levels. Those data can guide the design and
implementation of support measures and programmes for indigenous entrepreneurship.
11.
The use of indigenous languages in business activities should be enabled, and
indigenous peoples should have access to information on financial services in their own
languages.
12.
In cases where indigenous peoples themselves, in exercising their selfdetermination, decide to exploit resources on their lands, the principle of free, prior and
informed consent should still be respected in order to ensure that all sectors of the
communities involved participate effectively.
13.
Indigenous peoples should consider establishing peer support networks to facilitate
exchange of experiences and networking relating to their participation in business and their
access to financial services.
14.
Financial institutions, including intergovernmental banks, should devise financial
products and services that are accessible to indigenous peoples and considerate of their
perspectives in business.
15.
Indigenous peoples, States and financial institutions should work together to support
viable and sustainable economies in indigenous communities, so that indigenous persons
have the opportunity and option to work, live and raise families on their own lands and
territories, while also participating in national and regional markets to the extent that they
wish to do so.
16.
States should work with indigenous peoples and others to ensure that business and
financial activities, including legislative measures pertaining to indigenous economic
development, are undertaken with attention to indigenous peoples’ self-determination,
institution-building and cultural legitimacy, as well as best practices in relationships with
communities and partners.
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