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Official Development Assistance
Official Development Assistance (ODA) is a resource mandated to “promote the economic development and welfare” of Global South countries. Budgeting to uphold the rights of persons with disabilities is primarily the responsibility of individual states. However, ODA can and should be used to complement these efforts. Accordingly, putting the rights of persons with disabilities at the heart of ODA policy and programming is vital. Read our recommendations for moving towards more inclusive, equitable, ODA, in line with the CRPD.
A scoping review and interviews with prominent Road Traffic Safety and disability experts identified major conceptual gaps between the fields of Road Traffic Safety and disability, including how people disabled in Road Traffic Accidents are identified, followed and provided with needed services and support. The current lack of ‘joined up’ thinking around those who survive an RTA with a disability represents a lost opportunity to more systemically address this major global health concern.
People with disabilities worldwide encounter barriers to accessing care and support systems. Existing care frameworks often focus on supporting caregivers, operating under the assumption that people with disabilities are largely dependant. However, under a human rights framework it is fundamental to recognise the role that people play, both providing and receiving care, and if care needs are adequately met. This study collects and analyses data from 1001 individuals with disabilities in Bogotá, Colombia, to assess the extent of unsatisfied care needs among this group. We identified individual and household characteristics that are associated with unsatisfied care needs using a multinomial probit and a probit model. The result revealed that 58.7% of participants received an insufficient amount of care, and 7.6% did not receive care at all despite needing it. In total, 66.3% of respondents had unsatisfied care needs. Adults with disabilities experiencing unsatisfied care needs were more likely to be older, male, experiencing functional limitations in daily activities, unemployed, or having lower educational attainment. Notably, 35.7% of respondents also provided care to household members—including children, older adults, individuals with disabilities, and those who were ill or injured. Findings highlight the need for Bogotá’s care system to recognise people with disabilities as both care recipients and caregivers, and to tailor support mechanisms to meet their diverse needs.
This guide is intended to help people who use screen readers to conduct analysis on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD’s) data on disability-related Official Development Assistance (ODA). Specifically, the guide focuses on the disability marker tool.
For the fifth time, CIP developed its annual response to India’s Union Budget, providing an overview from the perspective of persons with disabilities. While the 2026-27 Budget Speech explicitly mentioned persons with disabilities (one of the few times since the 2016 Act) overall commitments and allocations still fall short of the systemic reforms required. As our analysis shows, implementing the Act demands cross-sectoral recognition and structural change, yet current allocations remain insufficient to meet national and international obligations.
This report evaluates Armenia’s recent reform of its disability assessment system for the purposes of administering the country’s disability benefits program. The reform had two main outcomes: replacing the traditional medical model with a rights-based approach using the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework; and digitalizing the assessment process.
This report reviews the principles of inclusive social protection for persons with disabilities and how they can inform policy developments in Indonesia. It presents a rapid summary of evidence to generate up-to-date insights, based on Indonesia’s commitments and international best practice, that can inform a context-specific program of work to progress social protection for persons with disabilities. Findings and recommendations are based on a desk review, focus group discussions with Indonesian disability representatives and consideration of comparative international country examples.
