Rigorous evaluations of the impact of policies and programs on persons with disabilities are lacking. These require not only high-quality data on disability and the environment, but also baseline data and well-constructed comparison or control groups. Such studies are scarce and more efforts should be placed into monitoring and evaluating national policies impacting on persons with disabilities. In particular, with the implementation of new policies and programs, care should be taken to establish baseline data and set up proper comparison or control groups so that outcomes can be evaluated properly. These evaluations should be conducted in a participatory manner including persons with disabilities who are ultimately the beneficiaries of the programmes. Finally, in the current era of digitisation, persons with disabilities should benefit from the data revolution and the opportunities that such a revolution may provide in making them more visible. New technologies should be explored to identify ways to monitor the situation of persons with disabilities at a lower cost. These data should be freely available and accessible. Financing for disability-inclusive development The Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) was held in July 2015 and gathered high-level political representatives, including Heads of State and Government, and Ministers of Finance, Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, as well as all relevant institutional stakeholders, non-governmental organizations and business sector entities. The Conference resulted in an inter-governmentally negotiated and agreed outcome, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, which constitutes an important contribution to a disability inclusive 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In particular, in the Agenda, Members States commit to: Providing social protection to persons with disabilities
Rigorous evaluations of the impact of policies and programs on persons with disabilities are lacking. These require not only high-quality data on disability and the environment, but also baseline data and well-constructed comparison or control groups. Such studies are scarce and more efforts should be placed into monitoring and evaluating national policies impacting on persons with disabilities. In particular, with the implementation of new policies and programs, care should be taken to establish baseline data and set up proper comparison or control groups so that outcomes can be evaluated properly. These evaluations should be conducted in a participatory manner including persons with disabilities who are ultimately the beneficiaries of the programmes. Finally, in the current era of digitisation, persons with disabilities should benefit from the data revolution and the opportunities that such a revolution may provide in making them more visible. New technologies should be explored to identify ways to monitor the situation of persons with disabilities at a lower cost. These data should be freely available and accessible. Financing for disability-inclusive development The Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) was held in July 2015 and gathered high-level political representatives, including Heads of State and Government, and Ministers of Finance, Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, as well as all relevant institutional stakeholders, non-governmental organizations and business sector entities. The Conference resulted in an inter-governmentally negotiated and agreed outcome, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, which constitutes an important contribution to a disability inclusive 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In particular, in the Agenda, Members States commit to: Providing social protection to persons with disabilities
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