Problem
Lack of economic adaptation of indigenous systems
Other Names:
Lack of economic adaptation of native cultures Nature:
Despite the efforts of white bureaucrats, the native people in the Americas and elsewhere did not assimilate to industrial capitalism, but instead retreated into the cultural traditions which had sustained them for centuries.
Broader Problems:
Lack of assimilationEconomic underdevelopmentUnprotected vulnerable economiesUndetermined procedures for adapting tradition-bound cultures Narrower Problems:
Ineffectiveness of tradition-bound small business methods Related Problems:
Disparagement of indigenous cultures Aggravates:
Endangered culturesThreatened habitats of indigenous peoplesImbalance in economic relationships among countries Reduced By:
Rapidly changing culturesStrategies:
Using alternative economic systemsRomanticizing indigenous culturesDeveloping business strategies with traditional groups for biodiversity conservation Subject(s):
Culture → Culture → Systems
Economics → Economic
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Society → Minority, indigenous groups
Society → Society
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST