1. Update on World Bank Activities Related to Disability Statistics UN Washington Group Mtg. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 2005

2. WB Disability Research Program Disability Measurement –Improving data collection instruments –Documenting “prevalence” Relationship of Disability to Well-being –Relation to poverty and other socio-economic indicators –MDGs Evaluating Service Delivery to Disabled People –Within the context of general service delivery –Programs targeted to disabled people

3. Disability Measurement Supporting Washington Group –Original DGF grant –Applying for extension Developing disability measurement course for WB staff and client countries Applied for grant to test appropriateness of LSMS for disability-related research Paper on disability in DALYs and other summary measures of public health (GHRF)

4. Relation of Disability to Well- being Quantitative surveys and modules –Implementing and/or assisting in general studies in Afghanistan, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, India, Kenya, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, etc. –Education-focused data collection with OECD – starting in East Asia and Africa Qualitative surveys – pilot test in Kenya –Yemen, Bosnia and Georgia – in conjunction with development of national disability strategies –Kenya – in conjunction with STATCAP project –India – in conjunction with quantitative survey

5. Relation of Disability to Well- Being (continued) Disability poverty mapping project –Developing methodology to link census data with survey data to produce disability poverty rates –Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Nepal, India, Mozambique

6. Evaluating Service Delivery to Disabled People Key to getting resources into inclusive development programs Qualitative study of service delivery in Indonesia Applying for grant to evaluate education programs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, and Vietnam

7. Helping the World Bank Expand its Work on Disability Interest in disability is growing at World Bank Empirical work going on in many countries, but WB is decentralized, and work program is country driven When working on projects with WB stress importance of disability Bring disabled people organizations into PRSP process –WB has run workshops for DPOs in Nicaragua, St. Lucia, and Tanzania about PRSPS and need for stats