This research investigates whether international donor agencies’ policies on disability mainstreaming have been effectively implemented. USAID and NORAD were the principle case studies due to their strong formal policy commitments to mainstreaming disability
This report analyses the relevance, challenges and opportunities that emerge from incorporating disability issues into the Millennium Development Goals. The report represents the final part of DFID's comprehensive Disability Knowledge and Research project of 2005
This paper sets out an approach to disability and development based on the social model of disability. It states that national and international statistics on the incidence of physical and/or mental impairment provides a partial and often misleading notion of the social reality of disability in developing countries. They should therefore not be used to gauge the needs of disabled people or to estimate the costs or benefits of programmes. The paper argues for the need to formulate an integrated strategy towards disability and development. It recommends that specific criteria be adopted for judging project concept notes and proposals and makes recommendations regarding the choice and weighting of criteria. It also provides a set of recommendations for: DFID in general; DFID in relation to its Disability Knowledge and Research (KaR) programme; the Disability KaR programme managers; further work to be undertaken