HUMAN RIGHTS AND POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Perspectives based on a study in Bangladesh

.................................................................................................................. 3 List of publications .................................................................................................. 7 Abbreviations ........................................................................................................ 10 Note on terminology .............................................................................................. 10 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 11 Disability ................................................................................................................... 11 Poverty ....................................................................................................................... 15 Human rights ............................................................................................................. 18 Assistive technology .................................................................................................. 21 Aim and objectives ................................................................................................ 24 Methods ................................................................................................................. 25 Paper I: A dynamic model of disability ..................................................................... 25 Paper II: Assistive technology in the CRPD .............................................................. 26 Papers III-V: Studies in Bangladesh .......................................................................... 26 Results ................................................................................................................... 36 Paper I: A dynamic model of disability ..................................................................... 36 Paper II: Assistive technology in the CRPD .............................................................. 37 Paper III: Assistive technology and human rights ..................................................... 39 Paper IV: Assistive technology and capability poverty ............................................. 42 Paper V: Assistive technology services and outcomes .............................................. 44 Discussion.............................................................................................................. 47 Model perspective ...................................................................................................... 47 Rights perspective ...................................................................................................... 48 User perspective ........................................................................................................ 51 Limitations ................................................................................................................. 55 Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 58 Implications ............................................................................................................... 59 Sammanfattning ..................................................................................................... 60 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................... 61 References ............................................................................................................. 63