Disability and Development in Burkina Faso: Critical Perspectives

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This book builds upon critiques of development in the disability domain by investigating the necessity and implications of theorising disability from the Global South and how development policies and practices pertaining to disabled people in such contexts might be improved by engaging with their voices and agency. The author focuses on the lived experiences of disabled people in Burkina Faso, while situating these experiences, where necessary, in the wider national and regional contexts. She explores development agencies’ interventions with disabled people and the need to re-think these practices and ideologies which are often framed within western contexts. This work will appeal to policy makers, NGOs, academics, students and researchers in the fields of development and disability studies. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Introduction (Lara Bezzina)....Pages 1-47 Situating the Disabled Person in Burkina Faso (Lara Bezzina)....Pages 49-86 Grassroots DPOs and the Disability Movement? (Lara Bezzina)....Pages 87-119 INGOs: Saviours or Stop-Gap Solutions? (Lara Bezzina)....Pages 121-153 Identities and Perceptions: “Something That Is Missing”?* (Lara Bezzina)....Pages 155-188 Agency and Independence: “It Is Not the End of the World!”* (Lara Bezzina)....Pages 189-222 Disabled People in Development: What Future? (Lara Bezzina)....Pages 223-243 Back Matter ....Pages 245-255