Official Development Assistance to Disabled People in Ghana

Abstract

Research was conducted in Ghana to (1) determine the extent to which the 1994–95 Official Development Assistance (ODA) donors to Ghana subscribed to inclusionary disability policies or mandates, (2) determine the extent to which disabled people were included in their mainstream development activities, (3) estimate the proportion of Ghana's 1994–95 ODA that went to activities specifically intended to benefit disabled people, and (4) estimate the proportion of those activities that were designed to foster the inclusion and empowerment of disabled people. In 1994–95, only two of the 16 donors examined subscribed to disability policies or mandates, and none took affirmative steps to include disabled people in their mainstream programmes and projects. Only 0.1282% of the total ODA examined for the entire 2-year period went to disability related activities, of which only 44.12% went to inclusionary and empowering activities.