This technical report analyses the economic costs associated with exclusion of people with disabilities from work environments in ten countries, stemming both from a disabling environment and exclusion from the labour market. Its findings are that these costs are typically between 1 and 7 per cent of GDP.

The report shows the complex analysis required to estimate the costs of exclusion, and notes that it calculated significantly lower costs of exclusion from the labour force than previous studies have done.
It also serves to illustrate the vast differences and gaps in official measurement of disability by the different countries, and the difficulty this causes in accurately measuring the consequences of exclusion and the impact of disability.
The data provided would be useful for those seeking figures on disability, exclusion and workplace activity in the case study countries, namely Vietnam, Thailand, China, Malawi, Namibia, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Tanzania.

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