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Disability, poverty & MDGs
Disability, disadvantage and development in the Pacific and Asia
This publication provides comprehensive information on the relationship between disability, disadvantage and opportunities for social and economic development. (Development Bulletin, ANU: April 2009) More info >>
Disabled people and development
This document provides a framework based in knowledge, inclusion, participation and access to include people with disabilities in the project cycle. (Asian Development Bank: 2005) More info >>
Disability and the Millennium Development Goals
This piece addresses why the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are so important for disability and development and concludes that disability needs to find its place in the goals, if they are to be achieved. (UK Department for International Development (DFID): 2005) More info >>
Disability & poverty: lessons from the Disability and Knowledge Research Program
This webpage argues that people with disabilities make up the poorest members of communities in all developing countries, yet have been excluded from international poverty alleviation frameworks such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). (Disability Knowledge Action Research (KAR)) More info >>
Chronic poverty and disability
This paper argues that disabled people are so severely excluded from all areas of society that there is not even comparable or reliable data on incidence, distribution and trends of disability, let alone the extent of disabled people's poverty. (Chronic Poverty Research Centre: 2001) More info >>
Disability and the MDGs
This site looks at the issues of including disability in plans for tackling poverty and the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). (The International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)) More info >>
Disability and the Millenium Development Goals: ACFID issues paper
This paper considers the rights and needs of persons with disabilities, together with the prevention of the causes of disabilities. (ACFID: Sept 2003) More info >>