Tulo is Writing The Book on Indigenous Economic Prosperity. You can help.
The Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics proudly presents the textbook Building a Competitive First Nation Investment Climate, with original research that will help First Nation governments strengthen their economies. The objective of this textbook is to teach students how to build successful First Nation investment climates, recognizing that many of the elements of a successful investment climate have regional variations.
The Tulo Centre Textbook - A Community Effort
Building a Competitive First Nations Investment Climate is the first open textbook on the subject of Indigenous economic prosperity. The textbook is actively used in two of our 3-credit courses: Residential and Commercial Development on First Nation Lands (Applied Economics 264) and Facilitating Investment on First Nations Lands (Applied Economics 265).
Students may use this textbook as a resource on how to create the administrative, fiscal and legal framework to support markets on First Nations and, in some cases, tribal lands. This text is designed to be taught in the classroom, with programmatic instruction, instructive role play and engaging assignments.
If your organization would like to request the use of this resource in another course or program, please contact info@tulo.ca to discuss such partnership opportunities.
This textbook, as you might have noticed, is known as an "open textbook." That is because we invite comments and additional research to improve and enhance our textbook offerings. If your organization has case studies relevant to particular topics, please contact us. In the near future, we will be releasing a supplementary case study chapter to enhance this text for students of this subject.
Your comments and suggestions can be sent to info@tulo.ca.
Chapters:
Introducing Institutional and Indigenous Economics
The Investment Climate and Transaction Costs
Establishing Property Rights Systems to Facilitate Investment
The Legal Framework to Support Investment
Elements of a Competitive First Nation Investment Climate: Fiscal Framework
Elements of a Competitive First Nation Investment Climate: Building Infrastructure
Elements of a Competitive First Nation Investment Climate: Administrative Framework
“Our purpose is to help tribes and First Nations fill these gaps preventing us from participating in the economy. Our purpose is to provide the knowledge and skills to develop our laws, establish our property rights, generate independent revenues to build infrastructure and lower the costs of doing business on our lands. We want to learn from and share our successes.”
— Chief Michael Lebourdais of the Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band and Tulo Centre Chair
