Data and statistics on disability in developing countries

Abbreviations Acknowledgements

1. Executive Summary

2. Background, objectives and terminology

3. Methods

4. Literature review

5. Workshop

6. Review of disability statistics in low-income countries

6.1 Methodological Work on Disability Statistics

6.2 United Nations Statistics Division

6.2.1 Washington City Group on Disability Statistics

6.2.2 Studies on living conditions among people with disabilities in Southern Africa

6.3 Other published disability statistics

6.4 Censuses and national surveys

6.5 Comparative studies; disability and poverty; Millennium Development Goals

7 Application of disability statistics

7.1 Examples of application

7.2 Application of research – some important issues

8 Impairment based vs. activity based measures

9 Discussion

10 Conclusions

11 Recommendations

12 References