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The aim of this programme is to provide evidence on how disability interacts with other factors influencing poverty, particularly through the mainstreaming of disability in research on a range of themes in a selection of DFID and non-DFID research programmes to investigate how disability interacts with other factors influencing poverty and to establish parameters for mainstreaming disability into research, including how to promote the uptake of knowledge on disability with developing country policy makers and international organisations working in development.

The Goal of the programme is to increase the effective and sustained social and economic inclusion of disabled people in developing countries.

The Purpose is the uptake of new knowledge by developing country policy makers, international organisations and other research institutions.

Background:

Approximately 400 million disabled people living in poverty in developing countries, are surviving on less than $1 a day. The World Bank estimates that 20 percent of the world’s poorest people are disabled. The MDGs cannot be achieved without addressing disability. Promoting the inclusion, rights and dignity of disabled people is central to poverty reduction and human rights.

The aim of this "Crosscutting Disability Research Programme" is to integrate disability as a crosscutting research issue in at least six existing (primarily DFID) research programmes to investigate how disability interacts with other factors influencing poverty.

Intended Outputs:

A body of high quality, new policy, technical and institutional knowledge that makes a significant contribution to the understanding of the disability issues in developing countries produced by researchers which includes disabled persons.

Effective communication of new knowledge about disability in developing countries to a global audience.

Strengthening of capacity for research on disability, in particular within disabled people’s organisations in developing countries.