Disability and Poverty: the need for a more nuanced understanding of implications for development policy and practice

Authors: Groce, Nora; Kett, Maria; Lang, Raymond; Trani, Jean-Francois

Source: Third World Quarterly, Volume 32, Number 8, 1 September 2011 , pp. 1493-1513(21)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

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.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2011.604520

Affiliations: 1: Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, University College London, 1-19 Torrington PlaceLondonWC1E 6BT, UK

Publication date: 2011-09-01

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