Disability, poverty and development

IssuesDFIDD epartment forInternationalDevelopmentDisability, povertyanddevelopmentThe Department for International development (DFID) is the British government department responsible for promotingdevelopment and the reduction of poverty . The government elected in May 1997 increased its commitment to developmentby strengthening the department and increasing its policy of the government was set out in the White Paper on International development , published in November central focus of the policy is a commitment to the internationally agreed target to halve the proportion of people livingin extreme poverty by 2015, together with the associated targets including basic health care provision and universal accessto primary education by the same seeks to work in partnership with governments which are committed to the international targets, and seeks to workwith business, civil society and the research community to encourage progress which will help reduce poverty .

Source: UN Figures in Overcoming Obstacles to the Integration of Disabled People, UNESCO, DAA, March 1995 4 Loud, Proud and Passionate; Including Women with Disabilities in International Development Programmes , C. Lewis and S. Sygall (eds.), MIUSA 1997.

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