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.
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.
How did disability-inclusive development emerge? Trace the shift from GDP-focused growth to capabilities, human rights, and policies that remove barriers.