Workshop on Strengthening Disability Measurement across South Asian Countries

This report comprises of eleven sessions: introduction; definition of disability - questions for discussion; new thinking on disability measurement; from census to surveys; policy dimensions of disability measurement - Brazil; good questions and ba...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/16259436/workshop-strengthening-disability-measurement-across-south-asian-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7964
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Summary:This report comprises of eleven sessions: introduction; definition of disability - questions for discussion; new thinking on disability measurement; from census to surveys; policy dimensions of disability measurement - Brazil; good questions and bad questions; developing a matrix of functioning; experience pperationalizing surveys with a disability module - Vietnam; training needs; cognitive testing; and policy and politics.