SOCIAL ASSISTANCE AND DISABILITY - Sightsavers 社会救助和伤残Sightsavers.doc

PAGE PAGE 1 July 2007 For external circulation July 2007 For external circulation SOCIAL ASSISTANCE AND DISABILITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Anna Marriott with Kate Gooding July 2007 Supported by DFID and Sightsavers International Disclaimer: The views expressed in this document are the responsibility of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Sightsavers International. For further information please contact pals@ or PALS Sightsavers International Grosvenor Hall Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4BX Contents TOC \o 1-3 \h \z \u Acronyms 3 Executive summary 4 Section 1: Introduction 7 1.1 Social assistance in developing countries 8 1.2 Disability, poverty and social assistance 8 1.3 This study 10 1.4 Structure of the report 10 1.5 Methodology 11 Section 2: Stakeholder engagement 12 2.1 Disability movement 12 2.1.1 The social model of disability 13 2.1.2 Support for social assistance 14 2.1.3 Social assistance as an empowering investment – meeting extra costs 15 2.1.4 Social assistance as income support 16 2.1.5 Avoiding dependence 17 2.1.6 Only part of the solution 18 2.1.7 Social assistance as a right and entitlement 18 2.1.8 Engagement by disability organisations 19 2.2 Governments 22 2.3 International development donors, agencies and consultants 25 SECTION 3: Do disabled people access mainstream social assistance programmes? 29 3.1 Unconditional social assistance 29 3.2 Conditional social assistance 32 3.2.1 Conditional cash transfers 32 3.2.2 Cash or food for work 34 SECTION 4: Targeted social assistance for disabled people 37 4.1 Extent and scope of targeted schemes 37 4.2 Coverage and accessibility 41 4.3 Assessment of eligibility 45 4.4 Cost 51