disability and poverty: uncovering the empirical dynamics hd learning week november 10, 2003
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Disability and Poverty: Uncovering the Empirical Dynamics
HD Learning Week
November 10, 2003
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Why are we here?
• Gain a better understanding of what is meant by “disability”
• Explore the relationship between poverty and disability
• Learn about the challenges of doing empirical work on disability
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Today’s Program
• Introduction• General overview
– Epidemiology– Relation to poverty– Potential utility of LSMS
• Case studies– Mental health in Bosnia – Household survey in Indonesia – Poverty Mapping in Uganda
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Who are disabled people?
The United Nations census recommendations state a person with disability is defined as
A person who is limited in the kind or amount of activities that he or she can do because of ongoing difficulties due to a long-term physical condition, mental condition, or health problem (United Nations, 1998)
There are 400 million disabled people in developing countries
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What causes disability?
• Malnutrition• Poor maternal health• Child birth• Vehicular crashes• Work injuries• Conflict• Illness – e.g., TB, polio, measles, HIV/AIDS,
diabetes, etc.
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World Bank and disability – What is the link?
• Successful implementation of the MDG’s results in the prevention of disability and increased productivity for disabled people
• Two-way causality between disability and poverty• Disabled people are disproportionately poor, and
poor people are disproportionately disabled• Doing a good job on poverty alleviation requires
taking disabled people into account
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Disability and Poverty – Research Concerns
• The definition of disability is complex
• Different definitions and different data collection methodologies yield different rates
• Data on disability often not collected, or at least not given proper attention
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Prevalence of Disability in Selected Countries
Percent of Population Disabled
Bangladesh 0.8
Niger 1.3
Egypt 4.4
Italy 5.0
Germany 8.4
United States 15.0
Australia 18.0
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International Efforts to Obtain Comparable Data
• UNSD study on disability data collection
• DISTAT-II
• Washington City Group on Disability Measurement
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Needed: Empirical Work on Disability
• Data on prevalence
• Relation to poverty, income, health, and education
• Understanding of the dynamics between disability and poverty