Disability and poverty reduction strategies. How to ensure that access of persons with disabilities to decent and productive work is part of the PRSP process. Discussion paper

1 Introduction 1

2 Persons with disabilities: between participation in economic growth and social protection - the rationale for widening current PRSP concepts 4
2.1 Why participation of persons with disabilities in productive work should be part of the PRSP 4
2.2 Basic concepts in current disability thinking and practice 5
2.3 The treatment of persons with disabilities in the Sourcebook 11
2.3.1 A limited “Social Protection” approach to disability 11
2.3.2 Ambiguities of the Sourcebook’s “Social Protection” concept in relation to employment 13
2.3.3 A non-inclusive approach to vocational rehabilitation 15
2.3.4 Disability in currently available (I)PRSPs. Summary of findings 16