Living conditions among people with disabilities in developing countries

Disability and Poverty: A Global Challenge

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 55-71

  Eide, Arne H ^a,b,c   Loeb, Mitch E ^a,d   Nhiwatiwa, Sekai ^e   Munthali, Alister ^f   Ngulube, Thabale J ^g   van Rooy, Gert ^h  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d National Centre for Health Statistics   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^g Institute of Economic and Social Research   (Zimbabwe)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

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