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GPDD Welcomes Maria Reina as the 1st Executive Director

Global disability and poverty efforts get key boost from agreement between SU’s Burton Blatt Institute and World Bank

GPDD logo and BBI logo

Ms. Maria Reina has been selected to serve as the Executive Director of the Secretariat of GPDD. The Secretariat will be hosted by the Burton Blatt Institute(BBI) of the Syracuse University, who will receive the World Bank’s Development Grant Facility in order to support the growth and organizational development of the GPDD. The 1st membership meeting is planned to take place in Germany in late April.

Press Release  [MS Word - 23KB]
Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008

New Publications

Economic Implications of Chronic Illness and Disability in Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union
[PDF 4.7MB]
Edited by Cem Mete
February 2008
Found in: Data-Europe and Central Asia-Poverty

Disability and Poverty: A Survey of World Bank Poverty Assessments and Implications
[PDF 249 KB]
Jeanine Braithwaite and Daniel Mont
February 2008
Found in: Data-Poverty

Approaching the measurement of disability prevalence: The case of Zambia
Article published in an Elsevier Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, Jan/Mar 2008
[PDF 270 KB]
Mitchell E. Loeba, at el.
January 2008
Found in: Data-Africa-Poverty

People with Disabilities in India: From Commitments to Outcome
[PDF 1.8 MB]
By Human Development Unit, South Asia Region, World Bank
May 2007
Found in: South Asia

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Its Implementation & Relevance for the WB
Social Protection Discussion Paper
[PDF 276 KB] or [MS Word 278KB]
By Katherine Guernsey, at el., World Bank
June 2007
Found in: Legal/Policy

Measuring Disability Prevalence
Social Protection Discussion Paper
[PDF 282 KB] or [MS Word 377KB]
By Daniel Mont, World Bank
March 2007
Found in: Overview-Data-Poverty

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What's New

Mar 03, 2008Economic Implications of Chronic Illness and Disability in Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union
Dec 02, 2007People with Disabilities in India from Commitments to Outcomes
Apr 11, 2007Preparation of the 1st Joint WHO-World Bank World Report on Disability, Rehabilitation and Inclusion
Nov 28, 2006World Bank activities shared at a seminar on HIV/AIDS and Disability in Africa
Nov 08, 2006Communication and Disability at the World Congress on Communication for Development
   
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Events

May 13, 2008Yad Sarah: The Story of a Volunteers Humanitarian NGO And Its Relations with the International Community
Apr 23, 2008Beyond the DALYs: Developing Indicators to Assessing the Impact of Public Health Interventions on the Lives of People with Disabilities
   
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News

Jun 27, 2007Demobilizing and Reintegrating ex-Soldiers in Ethiopia



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