Search more at B-SPAN Website  2004 International Disability Conference - First Day Closing Panel Discussion (11/30/2004)
Christian Poortman, Vice President of the Bank’s Middle East and North Africa region, led a panel of commentators from the various breakout sessions held earlier in the day. The rappateur for the Inclusive Education session said that of 110 m... 2004 International Disability Conference - First Day Opening Session (11/30/2004)
Jean-Louis Sarbib, Vice President of the Bank’s Human Development network, opened the conference. He said the conference goal was to share knowledge and strengthen the vision of inclusive development. He noted that people with disabilities h... 2004 International Disability Conference - Mainstreaming Disability into Operations (11/30/2004)
Ian Johnson, Vice President of the Bank’s Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development network, opened the event discussing the Bank’s role in helping achieve the Millennium Development Goals. He noted that reaching the goals has not ... 2004 International Disability Conference - Second Day Closing Session (12/1/2004)
Francois Bourguignon, the Bank’s Chief Economist, said disabilities has an economic cost on societies. Analyzing costs means that measuring them is critical. This is essential for sound policy making, which should be aimed at reducing the fr... 2004 International Disability Conference - Second Day Keynote with Dr. Amartya Sen (12/1/2004)
President James Wolfensohn noted that Dr. Amartya Sen, the 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics, has a profound understand of the human content of development. Dr. Sen said he would focus on the treatment of disabilities in the theory of j... 2004 International Disability Conference - Second Day Morning Panel (12/1/2004)
Joan MacNeil, an HIV/AIDS specialists with the Bank, discusses some of the institution’s work to mitigate the effects of the epidemic. She noted the recent Bangkok conference advocated to greater resources. 39 million now have the disease, m... 2004 International Disability Conference - Second Day Opening Session (12/1/2004)
Judy Heumann, the Bank’s Advisor on Disability and Development, provided some introductory remarks for the day’s events. Xavier Cole, Vice President of the Bank’s Human Resources Department, noted that the second day of the conference... Action for Ability, Development & Inclusion: Experience from India (3/10/2004)
Action for Ability, Development & Inclusion: Experience from India
Action for Ability Development and Inclusion (AADI) has been working to include disabled people in Indian society for 25 years. During this presentation, Syma... Activities of Self-Help Groups in Asia and Independent Living Movement in Asia (11/10/2004)
Judy Heumann, Advisor for the Bank’s Disability and Development Group and Robert Krech of the Bank’s East Asia Human Development unit, provided introductory remarks on the event and the speakers. Yukiko Nakanishi, President of t... Are disabled people being effectively included in development cooperation? Findings from DFID s Disability Knowledge & Research Project (2/7/2006)
In this panel, presented by the British Executive Director’s Office, the Global Civil Society Team, and the Disability and Development Team of the World Bank, findings from the Disability Knowledge and Research Project were presented to the World Ban... Benchmarking Immunizations: An Analysis of 12 West African Countries (2/26/2003)
Immunization is acknowledged to be among the most cost-effective and highest-impact health interventions. Nearly three million deaths are prevented each year by immunization, and an even greater amount of illness and disability. An additional three m... Depression, Disability, Dollars, Development (7/23/2003)
Depression is closely linked to poverty. Dr. Vikram Patel of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine came to the Bank to present new evidence of the linkages between poverty, depression and disability. Depression among mothers ... Disability and Development at the World Bank (6/20/2002)
Judy Heumann, the Bank s newly appointed Advisor for Disability and Development, will be working together with Bank staff to increase the degree to which concerns about disability issues are reflected in the World Bank s strategies, policies, ... Disability and Poverty: Uncovering the Empirical Dynamics (11/10/2003)
The links between poverty and disability are strong and go in both directions. Poverty causes disability through malnutrition, poor health care, and dangerous living conditions. Disability can cause poverty by preventing the full participation of dis... Disability in India - Implications for Reproductive Health Programming (5/25/2004)
Both disability and reproductive health are about access to information, services, and rights. In India, they are both fraught with stigma and taboo that prevent individuals’ access to resources. The 1991 National Sample Survey (NSS) showed that 1.9 ... Gender Based Violence and Equitable Development: The Role of the International Community: A Dialogue with the UN And IACHR Special Rapporteurs (10/24/2005)
As one of the Millennium Development Goals, promoting equality and empowerment for women is an area of important focus for the World Bank and other development organizations. This issue is entangled in more than economics, but also in culture, health... Global Partnership on Disability and Development (GPDD) Meeting - Day 1 (5/20/2004)
The Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD) works to improve life chances for poor disabled people in developing countries. Disabled people are disproportionately poor, and poor people are disproportionately disabled. Efforts to alle... Global Partnership on Disability and Development (GPDD) Meeting - Day 2 (5/21/2004)
The Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD) works to improve life chances for poor disabled people in developing countries. Disabled people are disproportionately poor, and poor people are disproportionately disabled. Efforts to alle... HIV/AIDS and Disability - Presentation of Handicap International activities (5/6/2004)
A 2004 survey of some 200 deaf individuals in Ethiopia revealed some striking results about the nature of HIV/AIDS education among members of the disabled community. Most respondents were unclear on the ways in which HIV/AIDS could be spread. Nearly ... Including Disabled People in Education Projects: Concepts and Approaches (11/10/2003)
This session addressed the concepts of disability and inclusive education. During the event, presentations were made on inclusive education initiatives in Uruguay and Senegal. The case studies highlighted the importance of including disability in t... Including Disabled People in the Millennium Development Goals (2/25/2004)
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) commit the international community to an expanded vision of development, one that promotes human development as the key to sustaining social and economic progress in all countries, and recognizes the importance... Integrating Disability Messages into the Mainstream Media (1/22/2004)
Disability groups are becoming more active in civil society throughout the world. As a result, fellow citizens and policymakers are learning more about the needs of people with disabilities such as improving access to education, training, and income... International Perspectives: The Needs of Parents with Disabled Children (1/29/2003)
Parents of children with a disability encounter many challenges in daily life. While each disability brings with it its own special concerns, many issues which parents face are similar such as obtaining information about the child’s disability,... Is Community Based Rehabilitation a Sound Strategy for Disabled Persons in Developing Countries: Lessons Learned from CBR Experiences in Ghana and Benin (10/13/2004)
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), a strategy for social inclusion and rehabilitation of disabled persons, is often considered the most appropriate strategy for addressing the issues of the millions of disabled persons living in the developing wor... Poverty Reduction Strategies in Africa: Including the Economic Empowerment of Women with Disabilities (7/2/2002)
Poor women with disabilities are often viewed as triply disadvantaged in developing countries due to gender, economic status and physical or mental impairments. Increasingly, there is recognition of the need to address these issues in poverty reducti... Preparing Teachers to Educate Children with Disabilities in Inclusive Settings in LAC and ECA (4/22/2004)
This seminar featured a presentation of a set of teacher training modules developed by the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, for use in primary schools to identify children with learning and intellectual disabilities and to adapt curriculum and inst... President Wolfowitz meeting with Civil Society Representatives (1/18/2006)
As groups of people coming together for a common good, civil society organizations are crucial to flexible local development. In this videoconference, initiated by the World Bank Civil Society Group on January 18, 2006, Bank President Paul Wolfowi... Program for Children with Developmental Disabilities in Developing Countries (3/20/2003)
"Early intervention" refers to services for children from birth to six who have a disability or are at risk for developing a disability. The rate of human learning and development is most rapid during these preschool years. As children in this age gr... Sharing of Experiences: USAID’s Efforts to Accelerate the Inclusion of People with Disabilities (6/14/2005)
On June 14, 2005, the World Bank’s Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Team and Disability and Development Team hosted a seminar with representatives of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to discuss the experiences with USAID’s ... Training & Employment of People with Disabilities: Perspectives from Asia and the Pacific Region (4/14/2004)
Debra Perry, a Senior Specialist in Vocational Rehabilitation for the International Labour Office in Asia and the Pacific, came to the Bank to discuss training and employment policies and practices for people with disabilities. Her presentati... Vietnam Through a Disability Lens: Finding a Prescription for Greater Clarity and Action (6/10/2004)
On July 10, 2004 Hoang Yen Vo, M.A., together with professor and mentor Glen W. White, Ph.D., Director of the Research and Training Center on Independent Living at the University of Kansas, shared a presentation entitled “Vietnam Throu... |
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