Policies of Inclusion

Principles and policies for integration and inclusion

Inclusion of vulnerable groups in health policies: Regional policies on health priorities in Africa

BACKGROUND If access to equitable health care is to be achieved for all, policy documents must mention and address in some detail different needs of groups vulnerable to not accessing such health care. If these needs are not addressed in the policy documents, there is little chance that they will be addressed at the stage of implementation. OBJECTIVES This paper reports on an analysis of 11 A...

Financial Inclusion: Concepts, Issues and Policies for India

This paper lays out some of the basic concepts surrounding financial inclusion, including access to banking, digital payments and financial literacy, as well as markets for health insurance, crop insurance, agricultural credit, small firm finance, and microcredit/ microfinance. It goes on to discuss various empirical and institutional studies of these dimensions of financial inclusion in the co...

Policy Development: An Analysis of Disability Inclusion in a Selection of African Union Policies Inclusive

Contemporary debates in international development discourse are concerned with the non-tokenistic inclusion and participation of marginalised groups in the policy-making process in developing countries. This is directly relevant to disabled people in Africa, which is the focus on this article. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities delineates the principles of ...

The promise of municipal WiFi and failed policies of inclusion: The disability divide

Wireless technologies, especially those deployed by municipalities, have been offered as one way to enhance access to society at large, including people with disabilities and others on the wrong side of the digital divide. One of the promises of municipal WiFi, is free or low-cost service promised in the public interest of citizens. This paper presents research on the current state of municipal...