Publications


Please see Data on Disability for information on IDB reports on disability in LAC region.


Accessibility and Universal Design:

Operational Guidelines on Accessibility in Urban Development Projects with Universal Design Principles
By Eduardo Alvarez and Verônica Camisão, edited by José Brakarz and Tomás Engler. September 2005.

Pathways to Accessibility: Disability and the Physical Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean
By Eduardo Alvarez, 2001.

Facilitando el Transporte para Todos - Available in Spanish and Portuguese.
Edited by Charles L. Wright, 2001. Available in IDB Bookstore - www.iadb.org/pub


Series of Economic and Political Studies on Disability:

Desarrollo Inclusivo y Discapacidad (Spanish, PDF 2.8MB)
Collection of papers from the FONADIS-BID Seminar. October, 2006.

Contributions:

Study on Disability Legislation and Policy in Chile (Spanish, PDF 390KB)
María Soledad Cisternas Reyes

Analysis and Evolucion of Chilean Legislation on Disability: Focus on Labour Issues (Spanish, PDF 260KB)
María Soledad Cisternas Reyes

Public Policy for Persons with Disability en Chile (Spanish, PDF 440KB)
William D. Savedoff. Sr. Partner, Social Insight.

Socio-Economic Impact of Disability in Latin America: Chile and Uruguay (Spanish, PDF 300KB)
Dante Contreras; Jaime Ruiz-Tagle; Paz Garcés e Irene Azócar
(Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Chile)

Towards a National System of Greater Personal Autonomy (Spanish, PDF 390KB)
Antonio Jiménez Lara

Proposals for Political Directions and Recommendations (Spanish, PDF 320KB)
María Soledad Cisternas y José Luis Tortuero

Report on Disability Legislation in Spain and Canada (in Spanish)
Prof. Dr. José Luís Tortuero Plaza


Working Papers from the Annual Meeting 2001:

The following documents were developed in relation to the Dialogue on Development and Inclusion and the Annual Meeting of the IDB in March, 2001 in Santiago de Chile.

Disability Policies, Statistics, and Strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean - A Review (PDF, 312KB)
By Pamela Dudzik, Ann Elwan, and Robert Metts

Disability Data: Survey and Methods Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean (PDF, 204KB)
By Andrés Montes and Ernest Massiah

Pathways to Accessibility - Disability and the Physical Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean (PDF, 390KB)
By Eduardo Alvarez

Disability and Education - Towards an Inclusive Approach (PDF, 243KB)
By Gordon L. Porter

Disability and the Labor Market - Data Gaps and Needs in Latin America and the Caribbean (PDF, 216KB)
By Gonzalo Hernández-Licona

Access for Persons with Disability to the Labor Market (PDF, 1.5MB) Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Available in Spanish.
Grupo Latinoamericano para la Participación, la Integración y la Inclusión de las Personas con Discapacidad (GLARP), 2001.


Social Development Newsletter:

The Importance to Development of Increasing Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities (PDF, 260KB)
Article by Ernest Massiah, Sr Social Development Specialist, SDS/SOC, IDB. June, 2001.



Last updated: 06/29/07