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Disability and Development

Report of the Workshop Organized by the Asian Development Bank and the Disabled Peoples International Co-financed by the Government of Finland, 13-14 October 1999, Manila

The Workshop was organized by the Office of Environment and Social Development. The sessions were chaired by Bank's senior staff from various departments in order to provide an opportunity for a wide-based initial exchange of views between the Bank and disability experts.

The Workshop on Disability and Development (TA-5564-REG) was held in Manila on 13-14 October 1999. The workshop was co-financed by the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Finland. The workshop participants represented focal point ministries or government agencies in the Region (14), nongovernment organizations (23), mainly organizations of disabled people, and multilateral organizations (7). The Workshop was initiated and planned in close cooperation with the Finnish Disabled Peoples International Development Cooperation Association (FIDIDA), that also together with the United Nations Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) assisted in the selection of participants.

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Contents

  1. INTRODUCTION

  2. WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES AND AGENDA

  3. DISABILITY CONCERNS AND THE ADB STRATEGIES

    1. The ADB mission
    2. Disability and poverty
    3. Linkages of the disability dimension to ADB's poverty reduction strategy

  4. THE CURRENT ROLE OF ADB IN THE DISABILITY AREA

    1. The Bank's policies and interventions relating to social development
    2. Disability challenges in the sectors in which the Bank lends

  5. SITUATION ANALYSIS: CENTRAL DISABILITY THEMES IN THE REGION

    1. The multidimensional concept of disability
    2. Lack of comparable information
    3. The link between poverty and disability
    4. Key concerns of disabled people's organizations in the Region
    5. Improving the response to disability concerns in the developing member countries

  6. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE WORKSHOP

    1. Sensitizing the governments
    2. Strengthening the capacity of the Bank to take into account the disability dimension in the new poverty reduction strategy
    3. Ensuring meaningful participation of disabled people at community level

  7. OUTLINE FOR FOLLOW-UP ACTION

  8. EVALUATION OF THE WORKSHOP

Appendix 1: Workshop Program

Appendix 2: List of Participants

Appendix 3: Welcome Remarks by Dr. Kazi F. Jalal, Chief, Office of Environment and Social Development

Appendix 4: Opening Statement by Mr. Peter H. Sullivan, Vice President (East)

Appendix 5: Keynote Address by Mr. Pertti Majanen, Ambassador of Finland

Appendix 6: Closing Remarks by Dr. Kazi F. Jalal, Chief, Office of Environment and Social Development

Appendix 7: Responses to the Questionnaire

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