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According
to the United Nations Development Programme four to six percent
of the world's population is disabled. The prevalence of disability
in many developing countries is worsened by poor nutrition,
disease, conflict and accidents due to poor regulation. Many
disabled people also face numerous physical and attitudinal
barriers, which contribute to their isolation and impoverishment
The latest issue of id21's annual print review of research
in developing countries, 'id21 insights', looks at barriers
to disabled peoples’ access to the physical environment,
how they constrain economic and social opportunities and the
importance of working with disabled people to dismantle them.
The contributors also present good practices in a range of
infrastructures, including transport, communication technologies
and sanitation that serve as examples of the possibilities
for improving disabled people’s livelihoods in developing
countries.
The issue is available online at www.id21.org/insights/insights55/index.html
as a pdf.
To receive printed copies of this issue and a free subscription
to future issues of 'id21 insights', email your full postal
address to id21@ids.ac.uk
quoting "id21 insights 55"
Back issues of 'id21 insights' are also available at www.id21.org/insights/index.html
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