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Indigenous and tribal peoples represent about five per cent of the world's population but over 15 per cent of the world's poor. The widening of inequalities in multi-ethnic societies with indigenous and tribal populations highlights the fact that conventional anti-poverty policies fail to address the roots of their social and economic exclusion or recognise their needs, aspirations and rights. This publication contains details of an ILO audit of 14 poverty reduction strategy papers which examine the position of indigenous and tribal populations in a range of countries including Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia.