This resource is part of a series of ‘poverty profiles’ by the Disability Inclusion Helpdesk focused on eight of the most marginalised group-based identities. It responds to the fact that global progress has not benefitted everyone equally, with many individuals remaining marginalised and extremely poor. Often, this is due to identity-based discrimination related to their disability status, age, ethnicity, or gender; and geographic disadvantage, for example through conflict or crisis. These disparities are often masked at the country level: with progress measured as an average across the whole population.
This profile summarises data and evidence on poverty and disability. It highlights how people with disabilities are likely to be disproportionately impacted by poverty and that poverty and disability reinforce each other. The profile examines the evidence on disability poverty and exclusion in relation to income poverty, health, education, employment, stigma, discrimination and violence It also examines the intersection of poverty, disability and other inequalities, as well as geography, conflict and displacement. It concludes with a focus on the Washington Group Questions and key limitations in relation to existing disability data.
