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  The social and economic effects of the Disability Grant for people with disabilities and their households: a qualitative study in KwaZulu Natal Province

  School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2007

  People with disabilities (PWD) face physical and attitudinal barriers to participation in education, the labour market and development processes. In South Africa, there is a need for appropriate social assistance for PWD. Currently this is done through a means-tested cash transfer known as the Disability Grant (DG).
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  Gender and HIV & AIDS: Overview Report

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2010

  Many approaches to combat the spread and impact of HIV/AIDS have failed to take gender differences and inequalities into account. Some have reaffirmed ideas of female passivity and male dominance in decisions on sex and reproduction. Others have responded to the different needs and constraints of women and men, but failed to challenge the gender status quo.
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  People with disabilities in India: from commitments to outcomes

  World Bank, 2007

  There is growing evidence that people with disabilities comprise a sizable group of the Indian population. This report explores their social and economic situation and discusses the required public and private sector interventions designed to improve the standard of living of disabled population.
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  “With education you can do anything: without education there’s nothing you can do”: outcomes of schooling for young people with disabilities

  Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty, 2009

  This paper analyses data on how disabled young people in urban and rural India understand the role played by education in their lives. The research aimed to gain access to the voices, views, feelings and experiences of the young people.
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  Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare

  The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare of Nepal is a focal ministry for the policy, planning, programming of overall development and coordination of all activities related to women, childr
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  Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI)
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  Disability World
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  Health Disparities Program, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

  The  Health Disparities Program is a resource for policymakers, planners, advocates, researchers and the media in understanding the unique health concerns of populations challenged by gaps in hea
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  Lost presence and presents: how parental death affects children

  Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, 2004

  This paper investigates the effects of parental death and disability on investments in children's human capital using panel data sets from Indonesia and Mexico. The results in this analysis suggest that parental loss does, in fact, reduce children’s health and education. This general result holds true in both countries.
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  UNECE policy brief on ageing 3: older persons as consumers

  Project on Population Ageing, Economic Commission for Europe, 2009

  In an ageing society, one aim is to further enhance the social and economic participation of older persons. This policy brief addresses the issues related to older persons as consumers in the background of demographic trends, the well-being of older persons in Europe, preferences and interests regarding consumption.

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