Global Summit produces commitments to extend social protection coverage for persons with disabilities
25th July: The UK’s Department for International Development has hailed the commitments yielded by the Global Disability Summit to advance the rights of persons with disabilities worldwide. Penny Mordaunt, International...
Good Practices and Barriers in the Use of Data for Policy and Advocacy On Ageing in Asia-Pacific
This report provides a wide range of good practice examples where the use of data has had a positive effect on policy and programming and looks at strategies for overcoming barriers to data in policy and practice.
Realization of the Sustainable Development Goals By, For and With Persons with Disabilities: UN Flagship Report on Disability and Development 2018
The United Nations has released – for the first time ever – a flagship global publication on disability and the sustainable development goals (SDGs). It brings together contributions from more...
Launch of new Disability Benefits Database
Development Pathways launch the 2019 edition of our Disability Benefit Database – a unique inventory of tax-financed disability benefits in low- and middle-income countries around the world
Building inclusive social protection systems for persons with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries
Rasmus Schjoedt The WHO estimates that around 15 per cent of the world’s population, or more than 1 billion people, have a disability. Disability-inclusive social protection can play a key role in empowering persons with disabilities by providing a minimum income as well as financial support to address the additional...
Pinpointing refugees’ vulnerability in Uganda and recommending food assistance improvements
Uganda has a long history of hosting refugees from neighbouring countries. Our assignment for WFP involved research to improve the evidence on refugee vulnerability.
What can data tell us about international commitment to providing access to disability benefits?
Written by Patrick Llewellin, Diloá Athias, and Bjorn Gelders In recognition of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Development Pathways is launching the 2019 edition of our Disability Benefit Database – a unique inventory of tax-financed disability benefits in low- and middle-income countries around the world. Persons with disabilities – and their households – face a higher risk of living in poverty than people without disabilities. Even when incomes are similar, people with disabilities tend to...