Inclusive development
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Inclusive development refers to ensuring that all phases of the development cycle (design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation) include a disability dimension and that persons with disabilities are meaningfully participating in development processes and policies. Inclusive development also implies a rights-based approach to development, understood in terms of a framework for human development as a process firmly grounded in international human rights standards and focused on the promotion and protection of human rights.
In other words, inclusive development (i) ensures that persons with disabilities are recognized as rights-holding equal members of society who must be actively engaged in the development process irrespective of their disability or other status such as age, sex, race, ethnicity, or religion; and (ii) that development institutions, policies and programmes must take into account and be assessed in accordance with their impact on the lives of persons with disabilities, and consistent with the promotion and protection of internationally recognized human rights.
