Disability, Education and Employment in Developing Countries

From Charity to Investment
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-107-06406-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 584 g

With several empirical evidences, this book advocates on the importance of human capital of persons with disabilities and demands the paradigm shift from charity into investment approach. Society in general believes that people with disabilities cannot benefit from education, cannot participate in the labour market and cannot be contributing members to families and countries. To invalidate such assumptions, this book describes how education in particular helps make persons with disabilities achieve economic independence and social inclusion. For the first time, detailed analyses of returns to the investment in education and nexus between disability, education, employability and occupational options are discussed. Moreover, other chapters describe disability and poverty followed by the discussion of barriers behind why persons with disabilities are unable to obtain education despite the significantly higher returns. These foundational themes recur throughout the book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lamichhane, Kamal

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of tables; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the author; 1. Fundamentals of disability studies; 2. Disability and the global employment situation; 3. Disability and the role of education in jobs: case studies from Nepal and the Philippines; 4. Disability and jobs in a post-conflict country: Cambodia; 5. Gender and job: a comparison between people with and without disabilities in Bangladesh; 6. Disability and human capital investment; 7. Disability, poverty and inequality: a case study in Nepal; 8. Disability and job satisfaction differentials; 9. Disability and determinants of education: a case from India; 10. Disability and barriers to education; 11. The way forward: investment in disability.

Über Autor(innen)

Lamichhane, Kamal
Kamal Lamichhane is a research fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency's Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan. He completed his postdoctoral work under the fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science of the Government of Japan. His interdisciplinary research focuses on disability studies, inclusive education, development studies and international cooperation.