TY - RPRT KW - Poverty KW - Inclusive development KW - Economic gains KW - Disability AU - Banks LM AU - Keogh M AB -

Based on evidence from a literature review of how barriers in society exclude persons with disabilities from key areas of life, such as health, education, and work and livelihood, this book asks readers to consider the following questions: can governments afford to continue excluding women, men, girls, and boys with disabilities from key areas of life? How can investment in inclusion benefit persons with disabilities, their families, and societies overall and how can international cooperation support this inclusion?

“Inclusion Counts” does the following:

BT - Series on Disability-Inclusive Development CY - Bensheim LA - eng M1 - 2 N2 -

Based on evidence from a literature review of how barriers in society exclude persons with disabilities from key areas of life, such as health, education, and work and livelihood, this book asks readers to consider the following questions: can governments afford to continue excluding women, men, girls, and boys with disabilities from key areas of life? How can investment in inclusion benefit persons with disabilities, their families, and societies overall and how can international cooperation support this inclusion?

“Inclusion Counts” does the following:

PB - CBM PP - Bensheim PY - 2016 EP - 125 p. T2 - Series on Disability-Inclusive Development TI - Inclusion counts: The economic case for disability-inclusive development. UR - https://www.cbm.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/DID_series_2_-_Inclusion_Counts__coming_soon_.pdf ER -