About the Report
Four pillars, a growing team, and projects spanning five continents: that’s the shape of CIP’s disability policy work in 2022. This annual report from the Center for Inclusive Policy (CIP) covers a year in which the organisation expanded both its research agenda and its own operational capacity.
What Did CIP Work on in 2022?
Inclusive Social Protection
CIP convened an expert group of researchers working on the extra costs of disability, contributing to an ILO paper reviewing measurement methodologies and securing a UK Arts and Humanities Research Council grant to build a community of practice with OPDs. That work fed research on extra costs in Africa and on incorporating multidimensional poverty into cost estimates. CIP also partnered with UNICEF on a groundbreaking extra-costs study in Georgia, since replicated in Peru, Tamil Nadu, and Nigeria, while developing disability assessment tools with local governments in the Philippines and support-needs surveys in Kenya.
Community Support
CIP contributed a discussion paper on support requirements across the life cycle for a UNPRPD project, helped draft the community support chapter of the 2023 UN Disability and Development Report, and supported OHCHR’s report on community support presented to the Human Rights Council in March 2023. A scoping review with the University of Stellenbosch and UNICEF mapped community support gaps across low- and middle-income countries, and a report with the Central American Development Bank examined care and support systems across 18 countries in the region.
Data for Inclusion
CIP supported disability survey design in Kenya, Thailand, and Vietnam, and worked with GIZ on data efforts in Namibia, Togo, and Rwanda. Senior Associate Meenakshi Balasubramanian’s methodology for inclusive budget analysis expanded to cover all Indian state and union budgets, plus Fiji, the Philippines, and Timor-Leste, backed by a new data visualisation platform. CIP also published on disability data harmonization in Health Affairs and studied COVID-19’s impact on assistive technology access across six countries with Monash University and WHO.
Other Strategic Partnerships
CIP supported UNICEF’s Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022–2030, an evidence and gap mapping on inclusive interventions for children with disabilities, and a climate change brief, alongside work with OHCHR and WHO on mental health legislation guidance.
How Did the Fellowship Program Grow?
The 2021-2022 cohort, Alimata Karimu (Ghana) and Esma Gumberidze (Georgia), completed their fellowships studying disability funds and pension systems. Three new fellows joined in October: Francisca Acosta (Chile), whose research focused on housing discrimination; Samanah Shabani (Iran) who studied support for college students with disabilities; and Agus Hidayat (Indonesia) who researched deinstitutionalisation.
How Did CIP Grow as an Organization?
CIP added three senior researchers, Zach Morris, Monica Pinilla Roncancio, and Polly Meeks, hired a Finance and Operations Coordinator, adopted several new board-level policies, and expanded its board with three new members, including Disability Rights Fund co-founder Diana Samarasan.
What Do the Finances Show?
CIP’s 2022 revenue came from restricted donor funds ($382,100), unrestricted support ($195,000), and carryover ($183,474), against expenses of $421,689, spread fairly evenly across social protection, community support, and data for inclusion, with administrative costs rising due to the organisation’s first formal audit.
