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Project title
Examining Disability and Development in Four African Countries
Principal Investigator
Prof. Nora Groce
Centre staff working on this project
Maria Kett
Marcella Deluca
Mark Carew
Lydia Dance
Ellie Cole
Raymond Lang
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council and Department for International Development
Project duration
April 2015-March 2018
Website
Bridging the Gap website for regular updates
Main objectives
This research programme aims to develop an in-depth, nuanced understanding of how persons with disabilities are at increased risk of being excluded as social and economic development increases. The research will focus on four low-income sub-Saharan African countries: Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia.
The programme will examine the extent to which policies are actually addressing the unmet needs and rights of persons with disabilities and the level of financial and human resources required to ensure that these issues are addressed; identify ways to overcome challenges and promote improved monitoring and evaluation strategies to ensure inclusion in future. The research will explore the nexus between disability, lack of inclusion, barriers and multidimensional poverty; provide guidance as to how the data gaps can be filled; and identify ways of overcoming barriers.
External Collaborators
Kenya
- University of Nairobi, School of Public Health
- African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)
- United Disabled Persons of Kenya
Sierra Leone
- University of Sierra Leone, Institute of Public Administration and Management
- University of Sierra Leone, Department of Sociology and Social Work
- Sierra Leone Union on Disability Issues
Uganda
- Makerere University, Department of Social Work and Social Administration
- National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda
Zambia
- University of Zambia, Institute of Economic and Social Research (INESOR),
- Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities
South Africa
United States of America
United Kingdom
Project Updates
The end of project conference "Insights from Africa: new perspectives on disability and development", will take place on the 12th and 13th of March at the QEll Building in London. Tickets will be open for the public soon.
The Bridging the Gap project comes to an end on 31st March 2018. Policy analysis, secondary data analysis and household survey analysis are all complete, whilst some analysis of key informant interviews, focus group discussions and data from the Levers of Success sub-project is ongoing.
The findings will be presented at the Bridging the Gap end of project conference on 12th and 13th March 2018.
Knowledge Transfer
UNICEF Putting Children First Conference, 23-25 October 2017
Professor Nora Groce presented the Keynote for the session: Reaching the Hardest to Reach” at the ESRC/DFID conference.
SIDA and Makerere University Partnership annual meeting, 2 September 2017
Bridging the Gap preliminary findings were presented at the annual conference.
The African Network for Evidence-to-Action in Disability , 7-5 August 2017
LCDIDC presented findings from the Bridging the Gap research at the AfriNEAD conference in Ghana.
Great Lakes International Conference, 25 May 2017
"Disability trend, Characteristics, health, conservation and development in Uganda" by Prof. Groce and Julius Omona was presented at the conference
Disability Studies Conference, University of Lancaster, 6-8 September 2016
The Disability and Development Gap: examples from health and education.
Presented by Nora Groce and Ellie Cole.
Lessons from a Decade’s Research on Poverty: Innovation, Engagement and Impact - Pretoria, South Africa, 16-18 March 2016
Dr Maria Kett interviewed about how to achieve impact through research
- Blog 'The key ingredients in getting from research to impact: top tips interviews' [link]
International Symposium Disability in the SDGs: Forming Alliances and Building Evidence for the 2030 Agenda - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, 18-19 February 2016
Professor Nora Groce presentation on project progress
- Presentation [link]
- Video of the session (from 14.00) [link]
Key publications
Research Brief. Bridging the Gap: Examining disability and development in four African countries. Leonard Cheshire Research Centre, June 2018.
Secondary Data Analyses
- Bwalya, R., Chitalu, B., Macwangi, M., Simbaya, J., Mutenekwa, I. (2017) Bridging the Gap Secondary Data Analysis: Are disabled persons engaged in similar work activities as their non-disabled counterparts in Zambia? (pdf) London: Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre
- Omona, J., Asiimwe, J.B., State, A.E. (2017). Bridging the Gap Secondary Data Analysis: Disability and development variables for people with disabilities in Uganda [pdf]. London: Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre.
- Wafula, S.W., Olenja, J., Nyariki, E., (2017). Bridging the Gap Secondary Data Analysis: An analytical report on the status and correlates of disability in Kenya: Evidence from the 2009 Kenya Housing and Population Census. [pdf]. London: Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre
Policy Analyses
- Bwalya, R., Macwang'i, M., Simbaya, J., Katukulam M.M., Mutenekwa, I.L. (2017). Policy analysis country report: Zambia, Synthesis of analysis of individual policies (pdf) London: Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre
- Khaemba, W., Kariuki., Kingiri, A. (2016). Policy analysis country report: Kenya. Synthesis of analysis of individual policies (pdf). London: Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre
- Lang, R., Schneider, M., Cole, E., Kett, M. and Groce, N. (2017). Disability Inclusion in African Regional Policies: Policy review findings from the ESRC/DFID Bridging the Gap disability and development in four African countries project. London: Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre
- Omona J., Kamya, S., Awich Ochen, E., State, A.E. (2016). Policy analysis country report: Uganda, Synthesis of analysis of individual policies (pdf)London: Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre
Policy Briefs
Regional
Kenya
Uganda
Zambia
Journal Articles
- Lang, R., Schneider, M., Kett, M., Cole., E., and Groce., N. (2017) Policy Development: An Analysis of Disability Inclusion in a Selection of African Union Policies Inclusive. Development Policy Review. DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12323.
Working Papers
- Groce, N., Kett, M., (2013) The Disability and Development Gap (pdf).Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre working paper series no. 21. London: LCDIDC.