Poverty Reduction Strategies : Their Importance for Disability

This report is an attempt to assess the validity of poverty reduction strategies as an effective tool to manage poverty brought about by disability, by reviewing the disability policy content of poverty reduction strategy papers. In doing so, the report focuses on whether the specific poverty dimensions of disabled persons are acknowledged and the critical interventions for improving the economic and social integration of disabled persons are included in poverty reduction strategy papers. There is a wide consensus that disabled persons, being disproportionately poor, are among the population groups that should benefit from the poverty reduction programs of poverty reduction strategy papers. The issue, however, is whether they are de facto excluded from benefiting from current poverty reduction strategies. Poverty reduction strategy papers do not meet the needs of disabled persons because they are based on a limited social protection policy that conveys a wrong impression about the abilities and aspirations of the majority of disabled persons. Furthermore, they do not reflect the basic principles of the modern approach to disability adopted by the United Nations. Progress across regions and in developing the various components of the disability strategy has remained uneven. Partly for historical and institutional reasons related to the importance of pensions and transfers for the government budget, disability issues have received more attention among Eastern European countries. They have received the least attention in the Africa region.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2004-06-07
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ACCESS TO TREATMENT, ACCESSIBILITY, ACCIDENTS, AGE GROUPS, AGED, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, AUTONOMY, BARRIER, BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES, BRAILLE, CAPACITY BUILDING, CENSUSES, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, CHRONIC POVERTY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COUNSELING, DECISION MAKING, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, DIAGNOSTICS, DISABILITIES, DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT, DISABILITY, DISABILITY ISSUES, DISABILITY POLICIES, DISABILITY POLICY, DISABLED, DISABLED ADULTS, DISABLED CHILDREN, DISABLED INDIVIDUALS, DISABLED PEOPLE, DISABLED PERSONS, DISABLED POPULATION, DISABLED WOMEN, DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT, DISEASE, DISEASES, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY DETECTION, EARLY YEARS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, ELDERLY, EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT POLICIES, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIERS, ETHNIC GROUPS, EXCLUSION, EXCLUSIONS, FAMILIES, GENDER, GENDER ISSUES, GOVERNMENT CAPACITY, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, HANDICAPPED, HANDICRAFTS, HEALTH BURDEN, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEARING, HEARING AIDS, HIV/AIDS, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, INCOME TRANSFERS, INDEPENDENT LIVING, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, INJURIES, INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS, INTERVENTION, JOB-SEEKERS, JOBS, LABOR FORCE, LACK OF INFORMATION, LEARNING DISABILITIES, LEGAL RIGHTS, LEPROSY, LIMBS, LIMITED RESOURCES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MAINSTREAM, MAINSTREAMING, MALARIA, MALARIA PREVENTION, MALNUTRITION, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL FACILITIES, MEDICAL SERVICES, MEDICAL STAFF, MEDICAL TREATMENT, MENTAL DISABILITIES, MENTAL DISORDERS, MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS, MILD DISABILITIES, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MINORITY, NATIONAL LEVEL, ORPHANS, PARTICIPATORY PROCESS, PENSIONS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, POLICY DIALOGUE, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY DOCUMENT, POLICY FORMULATION, POLIO, POLIOMYELITIS, POOR HEALTH, POPULATION CENSUS, POPULATION GROUPS, PREVALENCE, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PROGRESS, PROSTHESES, PROVISION OF SUPPORT, PUBLIC AWARENESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC PLACES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, QUALITY OF SERVICES, REFERRAL SERVICES, REHABILITATION, REHABILITATION SERVICES, RISK OF ILLNESS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL GROWTH, SAFETY, SALARIES, SCARCE RESOURCES, SCHOOL SYSTEMS, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SELF-ESTEEM, SERVICES FOR DISABLED, SEVERE DISABILITIES, SIGN LANGUAGE, SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, SOCIAL INCLUSION, SOCIAL INTEGRATION, SOCIAL LIFE, SOCIAL POLICIES, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES, SOCIETIES, SOCIETY, SPECIAL EDUCATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE, SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, SPECIAL NEEDS, SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, STAFF, STAGES OF LIFE, STREET CHILDREN, SURGEONS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SYMPTOM, TRADE UNIONS, TRAINING CENTERS, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, TRANSLATORS, TRANSPORTATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, URBAN AREAS, VIOLENCE, VISION, VISION IMPAIRMENTS, VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WALKING, WAR, WHEELCHAIRS, WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES, WORK PROGRAMS, WORKERS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/16350091/poverty-reduction-strategies-importance-disability https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14892
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