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Destigmatizing disabilities? : Evidence from a disability-inclusive anti-poverty program in Uganda

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Persons with disabilities are disproportionately excluded from livelihood opportunities. This exclusion traps persons with disabilities and their households in perpetual poverty. I study whether a programme that simultaneously strengthens the ultra-poor's productive, financial, human, and social assets alleviates this exclusion. The programme features adaptations of a previously successful, multifaceted program to make it disability-inclusive.

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  • Elijah Kipchumba, 2025. "Destigmatizing disabilities? : Evidence from a disability-inclusive anti-poverty program in Uganda," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2025-87, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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