Poverty Reduction Strategies : Their Importance for Disability

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO EDUCATION;    ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT;    ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE;    ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES;    ACCESS TO TREATMENT;   

RP-ID  :  69731

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report is an attempt to assess thevalidity of poverty reduction strategies as an effectivetool to manage poverty brought about by disability, byreviewing the disability policy content of poverty reductionstrategy papers. In doing so, the report focuses on whetherthe specific poverty dimensions of disabled persons areacknowledged and the critical interventions for improvingthe economic and social integration of disabled persons areincluded in poverty reduction strategy papers. There is awide consensus that disabled persons, beingdisproportionately poor, are among the population groupsthat should benefit from the poverty reduction programs ofpoverty reduction strategy papers. The issue, however, iswhether they are de facto excluded from benefiting fromcurrent poverty reduction strategies. Poverty reductionstrategy papers do not meet the needs of disabled personsbecause they are based on a limited social protection policythat conveys a wrong impression about the abilities andaspirations of the majority of disabled persons.Furthermore, they do not reflect the basic principles of themodern approach to disability adopted by the United Nations.Progress across regions and in developing the variouscomponents of the disability strategy has remained uneven.Partly for historical and institutional reasons related tothe importance of pensions and transfers for the governmentbudget, disability issues have received more attention amongEastern European countries. They have received the leastattention in the Africa region.