Disability-inclusive responses to COVID-19: Lessons learnt from research on social protection in low- and middle-income countries
Disability-inclusive responses to COVID-19: Lessons learnt from research on social protection in low- and middle-income countries
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10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105178
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发表时间：
2021-01-01
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6.9
通讯作者：
Kuper, Hannah
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作者：
Banks, Lena Morgon;Davey, Calum;Kuper, Hannah
全球10亿残疾人已经面临着更高的贫困风险，除非采取措施应对其经济影响是包容残疾的，否则新冠肺炎大流行可能会加剧贫困。本文利用有关中低收入国家残疾、贫困和社会保护的文献，探讨当前的大流行病可能增加残疾人贫困风险的途径，例如，工作中断造成的收入损失，特别是非正规部门的收入损失，以及医疗保健和其他关键服务(如康复、辅助设备)中断造成的未来支出增加和生产力损失。报告还探讨了减轻这一流行病的经济影响的社会保护和其他举措应如何考虑残疾人的需要，并就在设计和实施资格标准和申请程序以及福利的提供和内容方面采取包容残疾的行动提出建议。在各项建议中，与残疾人进行有意义的磋商、方案和政策层面的领导力、适当的预算编制以及通过常规收集残疾数据监测进展情况，是改善残疾人获得经济对策的机会和影响的关键。(C)2020爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
The one billion people living with disabilities globally already face a heightened risk of poverty, which will likely be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic unless interventions to address its economic impacts are disability-inclusive. This paper draws on the literature on disability, poverty and social pro-tection in lowand middle-income countries to explore the pathways through which the current pandemic may increase the risk of poverty amongst people with disabilities, such as loss of income from disruptions to work, particularly in the informal sector, and higher future spending and productivity losses from disruptions to healthcare and other key services (e.g. rehabilitation, assistive devices). It also explores how social protection and other initiatives to mitigate the economic impacts of the pandemic should consider the needs of people with disabilities, with recommendations for disability-inclusive actions in the design and implementation of eligibility criteria and application procedures, as well as the delivery and content of benefits. Across recommendations, meaningful consultations with people with disabilities, leadership at the program and policy level, appropriate budgeting and monitoring of progress through routine collection of data on disability are key for improving access to and impact of economic responses amongst people with disabilities. (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.