Since 2009, 143 countries have collected data on disability, yet the "no data" complaint won't go away. Here's what's actually missing.
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Governments often announce how much they spend to improve lives, including spending on disability. But totals alone tell us little: does the money meet people’s needs, reinforce exclusion, or even get spent? The real question is how much of what, and toward what.
Considering accessibility adds under 3% in total costs in new construction projects, while retrofitting older buildings costs far more. A breakdown of the real cost of accessibility for people with disabilities, and why planning ahead pays off.
Having a toilet is not the same as being able to use it. This article explores multidimensional poverty and disability and shows how poverty indices can overlook real deprivation when they fail to measure accessibility.
Are we measuring the disability education gap correctly? CIP shows why age-specific comparisons matter, accounting for when disability develops and differences in educational access across generations.
Standard prevalence rates underestimate the true impact of disability. When linked, for example, to poverty or extra expenditures of living, its effects extend to entire households.
Using Vietnam data, CIP shows why employment rates reveal more about the disability employment gap, including people who stopped seeking work because of barriers.