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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development (PSDID)
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This open access book introduces the human development model to define disability and map its links with health and wellbeing, based on Sen’s capability approach. The author uses panel survey data with internationally comparable questions on disability for Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. It presents evidence on the prevalence of disability and its strong and consistent association with multidimensional poverty, mortality, economic insecurity and deprivations in education, morbidity and employment. It shows that disability needs to be considered from multiple angles including aging, gender, health and poverty. Ultimately, this study makes a call for inclusion and prevention interventions as solutions to the deprivations associated with impairments and health conditions.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Sophie Mitra is Professor of Economics at Fordham University, USA. She is co-editor of the series Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development, Fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association, and Senior research associate at the Center for International Policy Studies at Fordham.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Disability, Health and Human Development
Authors: Sophie Mitra
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53638-9
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot New York
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53637-2Published: 07 September 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53638-9Published: 05 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2945-6614
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6622
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 177
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Development and Social Change, Disability Studies, Development Policy, Development and Health, African Economics, Development Theory