Disability and the Millennium Development Goals

Abstract

The objective of this article is to locate disability issues within the discourse of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The idea is to question the failure of the goals addressing disability. MDGs cannot work as a universal remedy. It is critical to foreground the meaning of disability and underscore the reasons for the disabled people's absence from the agenda of the MDGs. Further, I discuss the ways in which state policy has addressed ‘disability’ in a globalising context. Finally, I outline the paradox of identity politics and its nuances based upon an understanding of the issues and related questions from my own experiences as a disabled Indian woman, having to contend with the existential realities of a visible physical disability. The plea is to expand the democratic space to ensure that the rights and needs of disabled people within the MDGs discourse are given due consideration.

Social protection for people with disabilities in Africa and Asia: a review of programmes for low- and middle-income countries

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“…Harman [49], reporting on World Bank MAP supported programmes in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, proposed that under this programme, CBOs were merely the implementers of projects, thus following a more utilitarian framework. This Zambia case study suggests that the World Bank (ZANARA-CRAIDS) support succeeded in delivering on many elements of the empowerment framework by placing the community at the centre of health service delivery, with the need to build the capacity of such groups.…”

“…Harman [49] found that organisations that had expanded their practices were able to attract funds from a wider range of sources, as donors perceived them to have a more holistic approach in responding to the epidemic. Also, there are less transaction costs for a donor who funds one group that engages in multiple activities, than if funding several organisations to undertake different activities [49].…”

“…Also, there are less transaction costs for a donor who funds one group that engages in multiple activities, than if funding several organisations to undertake different activities [49]. Funding 1,800 CBO HIV-related projects represented a significant effort on the part of ZANARA-CRAIDS; and by 2011, donors in Zambia were shifting their focus from HIV to broader poverty-alleviation interventions such as social cash-transfer schemes.…”

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