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"This is one way to get practical and often unpublished materials such as evaluation reports and toolkits to field workers in developing countries." Steve Harknett, Disability Development Services, Cambodia

For more information on Disability Research please contact David Curtis - Head of Programme and Capacity Development
curtis.d@healthlink.org.uk

Disability Knowledge and Research Programme - Reducing Poverty Study

The social model of disability, human rights and developmment, briefing note

Reducing poverty study:

The 'new' development
A human rights approach to development
Lessons from gender mainstreaming
The social model of disability
Is disability really on the agenda?

wheelchair In Bill Albert's paper, written in September 2004, an outline is given of the wide-ranging debate on how disability should be understood, and the importance of the arguments for policies and practices concerned with disability and poverty in the developing world.

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