Programme : Regional Outlook
on Poverty and Disability
Presented by Aiko Akiyama
Project Expert on Disability
UN ESCAP
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Regional Outlook on Poverty and Disability
Aiko Akiyama
Project Expert on Disability
UN ESCAP
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Regional Figures on Disability Prevalence
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Regional figures on disability poverty
- 3.9 billion people in the region(UNESCAP).
- 800million persons in the region live under poverty, 20 % of which has
a disability (World Bank).
- 400 million PWDs live in the region, 40 % of which live in poverty
(World Bank).---most in rural areas.
- 160 million PWDs live in poverty in the region.
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Regional figures on disability poverty
- Less than 10% of children and youth with disabilities have access to
any form of education ( compared to 70% of non-disabled) (BMF)
- 515 million Asians are chronically undernourished (FAO)
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National Reality
Sri Lanka
(GDP per capita ppp US$3,570, HPI rank 36)
- • Population below income poverty line-- under $1 a day is 6.6 %, and
45.3 % under US$ 2 a day (HDR 2004).
• Physically disabled population below income poverty line –a household
income under US $1 a day is 50%, under US $2 a day is 89%, personal income
under US $1 a day is 45% and under $2 is 87% (Social Research Study 2003
in Sri Lanka).
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National Reality
Sri Lanka
Employment
- National unemployment rate: 10%
(90% employed)
- 1 % for adults with intellectual disabilities, employed
- 26 % for adults with physical disabilities, employed
- 98 % of deaf employed earn less than US$2.
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UNESCAP Relevant activities
- International Workshop on Raising Disability Awareness of Public
Administration Personnel to Promote Disabled Persons' Inclusion in
Development Process (Bangkok, March 2003).
- Regional Workshop on Monitoring the Implementation of the (BMF)
(Bangkok, October 2004)-indicator development.
- This workshop! Co-organized with CDPF.
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Thank you
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