Development efforts in Afghanistan
Subtitle: is there a will and a way? : the case of disability and vulnerability
By: Jean-François Trani (ed.).
Series: Éthique économique; Collection Ethique économique
Publisher: L'Harmattan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9782296545229
Subjects: Poor; Sociology of disability; People with disabilities; Government policy; Services for; Social conditions; Poverty
Description: This collective work addresses key issues surrounding the provision of international assistance. It is based on fieldwork and research undertaken in Afghanistan, and evaluates a number of development programmes. By identifying the gap between the needs of people and the delivery of aid, and examining the decision making processes of donnor agencies in determining which programmes to fund, this book questions the underlying values and assumptions that motivate interventions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : disability and vulnerability in a conflict-affected fragile state : learning from the Afghan experience /  Jean-François Trani, Catherine Panter-Brick and Ashraf Mashkoor; title: ch. 1. Capability and disability : approaches for a better understanding of disability issues / Jean-François Trani and Jean-Luc Dubois; title: ch. 2. The historical and cultural context of disability in Afghanistan / Nancy Hatch Dupree; title: ch. 3. Profiling and understanding people with disabilities in Afghanistan / Jean-François Trani and Parul Bakhshi; title: ch. 4. Deconstructing myths, facing reality : understanding social representations of disability in Afghanistan / Teresa Cerveau; title: ch. 5. A gender analysis of disability, vulnerability and empowerment in Afghanistan / Parul Bakhshi and Jean-François Trani; title: ch. 6. Community-based rehabilitation in Afghanistan : foreign import or home-grown development? / Peter Coleridge and Anne Hertzberg; title: ch. 7. Considerations for enhanced community based physiotherapy services in Afghanistan / Jenny Wickford; title: ch. 8: Mental health and primary care : fighting against the marginalisation of people with mental health problems in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan / Peter Ventevogel, Hafiz Faiz and Bibiane van Mierlo; title: ch. 9. "Today I feel that I'm a person; title: " : impact of community education on disability issues in Afghanistan / Cecile Rolland.