Publication - "Lessons from the Disability Knowledge and Re-
search Programme"
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Dear friends,
This e-mail contains an electronic version of the Lessons
Learned publication from the Disability Knowledge and Research
Programme. Over 40 researchers have taken part in the two year
programme and many of the projects are collaborations between
disabled people in the North and South. The publication brings
together all the research and findings.
The full stories can be accessed on the website
http://www.disabilitykar.net/ If you would like to know more
about the programme or would like to order a free printed ver-
sion of the publication and CD-ROM please contact us at:
mailto:info@healthlink.org.uk
The programme was funded by the UK department for International
Development and was managed by Healthlink Worldwide, UK and the
Overseas Development Group (ODG) at the University of East An-
glia.
Content:
Introduction
1. Overview of the programme
2. What is disability?
3. Disability and poverty
4. Disability and the MDGs
5. Mainstreaming disability
6. Disability and the new aid instruments
7. Disability, education and development
8. Disability research: breaking the mould
9. Engaging with disabled people's organisations in development
cooperation
10. DFID and disability
References
Introduction
http://www.disabilitykar.net/learningpublication/introduction.html
The Programme developed a strong focus on mainstreaming disabil-
ity in development, saw partnerships grow between organisations
in developed and developing countries, and saw disabled people
taking a lead in research...
1. Overview of the programme
http://www.disabilitykar.net/learningpublication/overview.html
Funded by the UK's Department for International Development
(DFID), the Disability KaR programme is one of the most ambi-
tious, wide-ranging and innovative projects on disability and
development ever carried out...
2. What is disability?
http://www.disabilitykar.net/learningpublication/whatisdisability.html
It might appear surprising that something apparently as obvious
as the meaning of disability should excite controversy. Here we
consider why the arguments are important for shaping policies
and practices concerned with disability issues in developing
countries...
3. Disability and poverty
http://www.disabilitykar.net/learningpublication/disabilitypoverty.html
Disability is not explicitly mentioned in any of the eight MDGs
or the new aid instruments or procedures. It has been left to
disabled people's organisations and their allies to campaign to
get disability onto the development/poverty agenda...
4. Disability and the Millennium Development Goals
http://www.disabilitykar.net/learningpublication/developmentgoals.html
We outline why an explicit disability dimension is vital for
achieving the MDGs and how the work carried out under the Dis-
ability KaR Programme has helped to take the debate forward into
action...
5. Mainstreaming disability in development
http://www.disabilitykar.net/learningpublication/disabilitydevelopment.html
Mainstreaming disability into development has been the overarch-
ing theme of the Disability KaR Programme. Disability equality,
like gender equality, is a vital outcome with respect to dis-
abled people realising their human rights...
6. Disability and the new aid instruments
http://www.disabilitykar.net/learningpublication/newaid.html
For the last few years Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)
and associated aid instruments have been the main multi-lateral
mechanisms for providing debt relief and development aid to the
world's poorest countries. Unfortunately, disability issues
have, on the whole, been ill served by these new procedures...
7. Disability, education and development
http://www.disabilitykar.net/learningpublication/education.html
There are over 150 million disabled children in developing coun-
tries, only 2% of whom attend school (UNESCO estimates). Dis-
ability KaR Programme research on this topic looks at issues of
bringing disabled children into mainstream education...
8. Disability research: breaking the mould
http://www.disabilitykar.net/learningpublication/disabilityresearch.html
The Disability KaR Programme challenged the traditional research
paradigm and tried to model a different way of engaging in dis-
ability and development research. This section outlines why this
new approach is needed, its key characteristics and how it has
been applied in various projects within the Disability KaR Pro-
gramme...
9. Engaging with disabled people's organisations in development
cooperation
http://www.disabilitykar.net/learningpublication/developmentcooperation.html
What are the challenges facing Southern DPOs and what can North-
ern donors and International NGOs do to engage in a fair and
participatory way with Southern DPOs? Research examines the
power dynamics involved...
10. DFID and disability
http://www.disabilitykar.net/learningpublication/dfid.html
The Disability KaR Programme's innovative research - giving a
leading role to DPOs and disabled researchers in both the UK and
developing countries, its comprehensive policy work and the
willingness of staff to embrace new ideas, have combined to po-
sition DFID uniquely among development agencies in mainstreaming
disability into development, here we outline key recommendations
for DFID and disability...
References
http://www.disabilitykar.net/learningpublication/references.html
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Victoria Richardson
Healthlink Worldwide
56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4JX, UK
Tel: +44-20-7549-0240
http://www.healthlink.org.uk
mailto:richardson.v@healthlink.org.uk