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This chapter will present documentation to describe failed states and attempt to draw a connection between state failure and the lives of people with disabilities. There is a general lack of evidence linking state failure directly with disability, either in terms of its effect on the well-being and lives of people with disabilities or as a cause of disability. However, through an examination of current literature, ancillary evidence and specific cases, the association between failed-states and disability is addressed through an assessment of the effects and ramifications of state failure on people in general; through the link between state failure and poverty; and the link between poverty and disability. Through these associations it will be shown that state failure can have significant detrimental effects on the lives of people with disabilities.
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 Numbers in parentheses refer to ranking on the Failed State Index (2007) that ranks 177 countries from worst, Sudan (FSI = 113.7) to best, Norway (FSI = 17.1).
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Loeb, M. (2009). The Effect of Failed States on the Well-Being and Lives of People with Disabilities. In: Maclachlan, M., Swartz, L. (eds) Disability & International Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93840-0_2
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