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Workshop on Strengthening Disability Measurement across South Asian Countries

This report comprises of eleven sessions: introduction; definition of disability - questions for discussion; new thinking on disability measurement; from census to surveys; policy dimensions of disability measurement - Brazil; good questions and ba...

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESSIBILITY
ACCIDENT
ASSISTIVE DEVICES
BODY FUNCTIONS
COGNITION
DISABILITY
DISABLED
ELIGIBILITY
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
EPILEPSY
HANDICAP
HANDICAPPED
HEARING
HEARING AIDS
INCLUSION
LAWYER
LEARNING
MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL ILLNESS
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PREVALENCE
REHABILITATION
SOCIAL JUSTICE
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOCIETY
SPECIAL EDUCATION
STAFF
THINKING
TRANSPORTATION
VISION
WHEELCHAIR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/16259436/workshop-strengthening-disability-measurement-across-south-asian-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7964
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Summary:This report comprises of eleven sessions: introduction; definition of disability - questions for discussion; new thinking on disability measurement; from census to surveys; policy dimensions of disability measurement - Brazil; good questions and bad questions; developing a matrix of functioning; experience pperationalizing surveys with a disability module - Vietnam; training needs; cognitive testing; and policy and politics.

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