Disability & poverty resources

Disability, liberation and development
Coleridge, P, Oxfam, Oxford, 1993
The book's recurring theme is that disabled people need to participate in the planning and implementing of solutions to their problems if meaningful development for them is to take place. Encourages professionals, policy-makers and disabled people to reflect on their own awareness of the issues.
ISBN: 0 85598 194 6 Price: £9.50
Available from Oxfam, c/ o BEBC, PO Box 1496, Parkstone, Dorset BH12 3YDUK.
E-mail: oxfam@bebc.co.uk
www.oxfam.org.uk
/what_we_do/resources/

Disability, poverty and development
Department for International Development (DFID), London, 2000
Assesses the significance of disability as a development issue, its importance in relation to poverty, human rights, and the achievement of development targets. Sets out ways in which development cooperation can help incorporate rights and needs of disabled people into mainstream poverty reduction work.
ISBN: 1 86192 252 3
Available from DFID, 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE, UK
E-mail: enquiry@dfid.gov.uk
Full text on website at
www.dfid.gov.uk
/Pubs/files/disability.pdf

Poverty and disability: a survey of the literature
Elwan, A, World Bank, Geneva, 1999
Background Paper for the World Development Report, World Bank, Washington D.C.
Available from: World Bank, P. O. Box 960, Herndon, VA 20172-0960, USA
E-mail: books@worldbank.org
http://publications.worldbank.org/
ecommerce/

Disability, equality and human rights : a training manual for development and humanitarian organisations
Harris, A and Enfield, S, Oxfam, 2003
Manual based on Oxfam' s experience in Kosovo, West Africa and South and East Asia. Suggests practical materials useful for trainers working in geographically isolated areas.
ISBN: 0 85598 485 6 Price: £29.95
Available from Oxfam, c/ o BEBC, PO Box 1496, Parkstone, Dorset BH12 3YDUK.
E-mail: oxfam@bebc.co.uk
Or Oxfam, 274 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7DZ UK Fax: + 44 1865 313713
E-mail: publish@oxfam.org.uk
www.oxfam.org.uk/
what_we_do/resources/

Disability and development: learning from action and research on disability in the majority world
Stone, E (Ed), The Disability Press, Leeds, 1999
15 original contributions from leading disabled activists, international development planners and practitioners from around the world. Issues covered include empowerment, disabled people' s organisations, community-based rehabilitation; inclusive education; and research methodology.
ISBN: 0 9528450 3 2 Price: £15.99 plus £1.50 p& p
Available from: Disability Press, Disability Research Unit, School of Sociology and Social Policy,University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

All things being equal: perspectives on disability and development
World Vision, 2001
This resource calls for action by policy-makers, planners and managers to make development programmes more inclusive. It reports on the barriers put up by communities as identified by disabled people that lead to their social exclusion.
Available free from: World Vision, 599 Avebury Boulevard, Milton Keynes MK9 3PG, UK. Tel: + 44 1908 841010
Fax: + 44 1908 841001
Email: info@worldvision.org.uk
In full at:
www.worldvision.org.uk
resources/disabilitypaper.pdf

Web-based resources

www.eenet.org.uk
Website of the Enabling Education Network. Provides access to a broad-based body of expertise and experience in the practice of inclusive education worldwide.

www.chronicpoverty.org
Website of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, an international partnership of universities, research institutes and NGOs. In the Methods Toolbox is a list of resources on impairment and disability. Useful paper published on this site:

Yeo, R - Chronic poverty and disability
(Background Paper No. 4, 2001). It reviews what is known about the incidence, distribution and trends of disability in the developing world, and how these relate to chronic poverty. It presents two case studies (in Uganda and India) where action is being taken to mitigate or reduce chronic poverty among disabled people.
ISBN: 1-904049-03-6
Available in full at:
www.chronicpoverty.org
/pdfs/add.pdf

http://idpm.man.ac.uk/cprc
/Conference/conferencepapers
Contents of papers presented at the international conference "Staying Poor: Chronic Poverty and Development Policy", 7-9 April 2003, Manchester University. Good disability-related resources include:

Dyer, S - The inclusion of disabled people in mainstream micro-finance programmes
Harris-White, B - Staying poor: chronic poverty and development policy
Lwanga-Ntale, C - Chronic poverty and disability in Uganda
Yeo, R - To what extent are disabled people included in international development work? How can the barriers to inclusion be overcome?

www.adb.org
Website of the Asian Development Bank, a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. Type disability into the search box for a large selection of reports, articles and papers.

www.worldbank.org/disability
Includes details of World Bank activities in the disability field, definitions of disability, a directory of disability organisations and web links section.

www.asksource.info
/sd-disability.htm
A quick list containing numerous links to web-based resources on disability and development.

www.healthlink.org.uk
/pubs/articles.html
Series of articles on poverty, disability and health, including a look at community approaches to handicap (CAHD) in Bangladesh. Includes further resource lists.

www.iddc.org.uk/dis_dev/
mainstreaming/examples
Includes the Guidance Note on Disability and Development for EU Delegations and Services, March 2003. This note provides guidance to EU delegations and services on how to address disability issues effectively within development cooperation. The note draws on material produced by the European Disability Forum (EDF) and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC).