Disability, poverty and development: Critical reflections on the majority world debate

Disability and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 771-784

  Grech, Shaun ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Disability and development; Global disability; Majority world; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350136946     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590903160266     Document Type: Article

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