Toolbox: Disability & Poverty Reduction StrategiesDisability and PovertyThe international community has endorsed the reduction of poverty in its many dimensions as the overarching goal of development efforts. People with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to poverty and exclusion. Disabled people are disproportionately poor, and poverty, in turn, creates disabling living conditions. The estimated proportion of disabled people varies from 7-20% [1]. In post-conflict countries the figures can be even higher. There are disabled people in every segment of the population. The families of disabled people are also affected; thus more than a quarter of any population may be directly impacted by the poverty and exclusion of people with disabilities. The World Bank has determined that it is impossible to achieve the international Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) if disability issues and people with disabilities are not included. Although most developing countries have adopted various poverty reduction strategies, these have not addressed disability issues adequately, and most not at all, as shown by the ILO – Employment Skills and Employability Department - Disability and Poverty Reduction Strategies. In This Strategy Toolbox:
Disability and Poverty Reduction Working GroupThis toolbox was prepared by the Working Group on Disability and Poverty Reduction of the Global Partnership of Disability and Development (GPDD) and was originally published and hosted by the website of International Collaboration Unit of the National Institute for Health and Welfare of Finland. For More Information:
Endnotes[1] DISTAT (United Nations Statistical Division): http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sconcerns/disability/default.htm |
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