Disability and Poverty: the need for a more nuanced understanding of implications for development policy and practice
Disability and Poverty: the need for a more nuanced understanding of implications for development policy and practice
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DOI:
10.1080/01436597.2011.604520
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发表时间:
2011-01-01
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2
通讯作者:
Trani, Jean-Francois
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作者:
Groce, Nora;Kett, Maria;Trani, Jean-Francois
The international development community is beginning to recognise that people with disabilities constitute among the poorest and most vulnerable of all groups, and thus must be a core issue in development policies and programmes. Yet the relationship between disability and poverty remains ill-defined and under-researched, with few studies providing robust and verifiable data that examine the intricacies of this relationship. A second, linked issue is the need for-and current lack of-criteria to assess whether and how disability-specific and disability 'mainstreamed' or 'inclusive' programmes work in combating the exclusion, marginalisation and poverty of people with disabilities. This article reviews existing knowledge and theory regarding the disability-poverty nexus. Using both established theoretical constructs and field-based data, it attempts to identify what knowledge gaps exist and need to be addressed with future research.