Research

The following headings provide links to different research and documents relating to disability and development:

Canadian Network on Disability and Development

Disability and Development: Now is the time for Acton (117KB)
CNDD: Presentation on Disability and Development (2.55MB)

The United Nations

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (205KB)
The UN Convention in Plain Language (62KB)
 Map of Ratified Countries (558KB)
Human Rights and Disability (1.3MB)

The World Bank

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (227KB)
Making Inclusion Operational (489KB)
Measuring Disability Prevalence (282KB)
Social Analysis and Disability (1.6MB)

International Non-Government Organizations

Handicap International: Good Practices for Economic Inclusion (1.9MB)
Handicap International and CBM: Making PRSP Inclusive (4MB)

The World Health Organization

Disability and Rehabilitation WHO Action Plan 2006-2011 (49KB)

Canadian International Development Agency

CIDA Policy on Basic Human Needs (324KB)
CIDA Policy on Poverty Reduction (303KB)

The Government of Canada

Obstacles - Special Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped (4MB)
Services for Persons with Disabilities (523KB)
Disability in Canada - A 2001 Profile (1.8MB)
Future Directions (119KB)
Advancing the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities 2002 (362KB)
Advancing the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities 2004 (1MB)
Advancing the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities 2006 (711KB)