Poverty and disabled people in development context : examples from Jordan and Afghanistan

TURMUSANI, Majid

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2003
10 p

This paper highlights the relationship between poverty and disability and how this affects the position of disabled people in developing societies, drawing particularly on the experience of Jordan, as well as Afghanistan. It argues that poverty alleviation is a key solution in preventing disability directly and indirectly

Meeting:Staying Poor: Chronic Poverty and Development Policy ConferenceManchester, UK7-9 April 2003 

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