National data: Reflecting northern Australian aspirations?

Abstract:

This chapter reports on the continued exploration of the capacity of existing data sources to describe the economies of three groups of remote Aboriginal settlements in the Northern Territory (NT). The purpose is to contribute research that supports better place-based policy fit with remote settlements to augment opportunities for social and economic benefit. Understanding how the non-market (governments, philanthropic foundations and/or charities) might better amplify local, open and competitive market capacities requires rethinking fundamental constraints applied to the interpretation of national data. This includes an acceptance that remoteness has many facets and remains difficult to describe using existing economic and population data sets.