The RAD questionnaire is intended to provide a snapshot of the life situation of people with disability and can be used as a tool for obtaining baseline data before designing and implementing disability inclusive development strategies.
CBR is now implemented in more than 90 countries and is defined as an inclusive community development strategy, which aims at the equalization of opportunities, rehabilitation, poverty reduction, and social inclusion of the population living with a disability [ 3].
The report argues that the gender gap in the county still persists, mostly in rural areas, where the role of women is hardly recognized, and calls for inclusive rural development strategies to challenge structural social barriers that limit women's economic empowerment.
The other pillar of the inclusive growth strategy is increased spending on education and universal healthcare.
Are there any place-based lessons for encouraging SMEs/microbusinesses? Ramos: Coherent regional development policies are crucial to countries' inclusive growth strategies as the report outlines.
Instead of a residual and temporary approach, the social protection floor becomes a full and permanent component of the development strategy for inclusive growth.
In turn, delivering energy services is a critical component of the advancement of agriculture as a basis for a broad and inclusive socio-economic growth and development strategy.
Planning strategies for disability inclusive development requires reliable information on both the magnitude of disability and the barriers which limit access to the community.
The Commission's final publication, The Growth Report: Strategies for Sustained Growth and Inclusive Development, was launched in May of 2008.
This paper outlines the need for a shift from disability policy to inclusive development policy and proposes that civil society organizations require expanded strategies to contribute to this shift.
