L ITERATUR /REVIEWSWorld Bank Social Protection <strong>and</strong> Labor Unit,Human Development Network (HDNSP)<strong>Disability</strong> <strong>and</strong> Poverty in Developing Countries:A Multidimensional StudyAbout 20 % of the world population lives with some formof disability according to World Health Report (WHO2011). Yet, little is known about the economic lives of personswith disabilities, especially in developing countries.The research study <strong>Disability</strong> <strong>and</strong> Poverty in DevelopingCountries - A Multidimensional Study aimed to shed somelight on this matter. The study uses, for the first time, internationallycomparable data to draw an economic profileof persons with disabilities in 15 developing countries. Inmost countries, disability is fo<strong>und</strong> to be significantly associatedwith higher multidimensional poverty as well as lowereducational attainment, lower employment rates, <strong>and</strong>higher medical expenditures. Among persons with disabilities,persons aged 40 <strong>and</strong> above <strong>and</strong> persons with multipledisabilities were more likely to be multi-dimensionallypoor.Bezug: Mitra, S./Posarac, A./Vick, B. (2013): <strong>Disability</strong><strong>and</strong> Poverty in Developing Countries - A MultidimensionalStudy. World Development, Volume 41, 1-18;www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X12001465;http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOCIALPROTECTION/Resources/SP-Discussion-papers/<strong>Disability</strong>-DP/1109.pdf.Shaun Grech<strong>Disability</strong> <strong>and</strong> the Global South (DGS):New International Journal<strong>Disability</strong> <strong>and</strong> the Global South (DGS) is a new journalcommitted to publishing high quality work focused exclusivelyon all aspects of the disability experience in the globalSouth. It provides an interdisciplinary platform prioritisingmaterial that is critical, challenging, <strong>and</strong> engagingfrom a range of epistemological perspectives <strong>and</strong> disciplines.The journal encourages contributions from disabled activists<strong>and</strong> theorists from the global South, providing a safespace to critique <strong>and</strong> challenge the Western centrism indominant disciplines <strong>and</strong> practices, <strong>and</strong> the imperialism inthe production of 'knowledge' <strong>and</strong> its dissemination.Bezug: www.dgsjournal.org; Spanish version:www.dgsjournal.org/espanol.Human Rights WatchLike a Death Sentence: Abuses againstPersons with Mental Disabilities in GhanaHuman Rights Watch has just released its report entitled:Like a Death Sentence: Abuses against Persons with MentalDisabilities in Ghana. The report notes that most personswith mental disabilities in Ghana have little access tomental health care or other support services. Those whoreceive treatment often do so without their consent, inovercrowded <strong>and</strong> abusive public psychiatric hospitals <strong>and</strong>prayer camps, which are spiritual healing centres run by achurch. The lack of proper community support systemsmakes it so that those living outside of psychiatric hospitalsor prayer camps cannot access medication, struggle tofind food <strong>and</strong> other necessities of life, <strong>and</strong> are subjectedto daily stigma <strong>and</strong> discrimination.Bezug: www.hrw.org/reports/2012/10/02/deathsentence.Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM)Inclusion Made Easy - A Quick ProgramGuide to <strong>Disability</strong> in DevelopmentInclusion Made Easy is designed for program staff in internationaldevelopment organisations. It is a brief, practicalguide on how to ensure programs are disability-inclusive.It offers basic inclusion principles, practical tips <strong>and</strong> casestudy examples. Part A focuses on disability-inclusive developmentprinciples <strong>and</strong> Part B on disability inclusionacross a range of development sectors.Bezug: www.cbm.org/Inclusion-Made-Easy-329091.php.Access Exchange InternationalNew Guide on Paratransit for Mobility-ImpairedPersons in Developing RegionsAccess Exchange International has prepared a new guideentitled: Paratransit for Mobility-Impaired Persons in DevelopingRegions: Starting Up <strong>and</strong> Scaling Up. The guidewill assist practitioners aro<strong>und</strong> the world, especially in developingcountries, to initiate or exp<strong>and</strong> paratransit servicesthat include persons with disabilities <strong>and</strong> seniors. Thispractical guide is results-oriented <strong>and</strong> works to help mobility-impairedpersons to get to where they need to go.Bezug: www.globalride-sf.org/paratransit/Guide.pdf.Water Engineering <strong>and</strong> Development Centre <strong>and</strong>WaterAidEquity <strong>and</strong> Inclusion in Water, Sanitation<strong>and</strong> Hygiene (WASH)Water Engineering <strong>and</strong> Development Centre (WEDC) <strong>and</strong>WaterAid have developed practical training materials forWASH practitioners, to help them analyse <strong>and</strong> address theproblems faced by the most disadvantaged people in accessingWASH services.38<strong>Behinderung</strong> <strong>und</strong> <strong>internationale</strong> <strong>Entwicklung</strong> 3/2012<strong>Disability</strong> <strong>and</strong> International Development
L ITERATUR /REVIEWSExtensively field-tested by WaterAid <strong>and</strong> WEDC in Africa<strong>and</strong> Asia, the materials are participatory <strong>and</strong> interactive,<strong>and</strong> are ideal to facilitate practical collaboration <strong>and</strong> problemsolving between disabled people <strong>and</strong> technical serviceproviders. They can be used as st<strong>and</strong>-alone activities,or as part of a broader training programme. Althoughrooted in the social model of disability, the scope of theanalysis framework has been broadened to encompassexclusion of all kinds. This makes the materials useful inbuilding alliances with groups working on other issues,e.g. gender, HIV, ageing.Bezug: Hazel Jones, Assistant Programme Manager, Water,Engineering & Development Centre, John PickfordBuilding, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE113TU; https://wedc-knowledge.lboro.ac.uk/collections/equity-inclusion; https://wedc-knowledge.lboro.ac.uk/collections/equity-inclusion.<strong>Behinderung</strong> <strong>und</strong> <strong>internationale</strong> <strong>Entwicklung</strong> 3/2012<strong>Disability</strong> <strong>and</strong> International Development39
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