Dear all,
A book entitled "disability, education and employment in developing
countries: from charity to investment" has been published by Cambridge
University press and now available in the market via amazon and the
website of the Cambridge University press.
This book, for the first time presents several empirical evidences on
the importance of investment in the
human capital of disabled persons with the cases of different nations
such as Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Philippines and so on and
advocate for shifting the paradigm from charity to investment in
disability.
This book is among the first to systematically explore the connections
and relationships between disability, education and employment in
developing countries.
The book presents a unique interdisciplinary effort that joins the
perspectives of disability studies, education, economics, social
science, philosophy, public policy and development studies.
The main theme of the book is that human capital such as
education and employment are some of the most important factors for
inclusion and economic empowerment and particularly when made of
inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities. Thus,
notdisabilities, not only does their livelihood improve, but also
eventually the prospects of their poor families, and of the society as
a whole.
Cambridge website:
http://www.cambridge.org/ca/academic/subjects/law/human-rights/disability-education-and-employment-developing-countries-charity-investment
Kamal Lamichhane, Ph.D.
Associate professor of Disability Studies and Education
Center for research on international cooperation in educational development
Faculty of human sciences
University of Tsukuba, Japan
tel: +81-29853-7285
fax: +81-29853-7288.
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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