Community-Based Inclusive Development

Jörg Weber (PhD) is Senior Global Advisor in Community Based Inclusive Development (CBID) for CBM Christian Blind Mission, and Honorary Research Affiliate at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has over 20 years of experience advising community programmes as well as UN bodies, professional organizations and government agencies in inclusive community development, rehabilitation, education and inclusive livelihoods.  Shaun Grech (PhD) is Global Technical Lead on Inclusive Social Protection for CBM Christian Blind Mission, Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and Affiliate Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of Malta. He is also editor-in-chief of the international journal ‘Disability and the Global South’ (DGS).

• Chapter 1: Community-Based Inclusive Development: Foundations, Evolution, and Contemporary challenges.- Chapter 2: Policies, rights and the need to decentralise inclusive development.- Chapter 3: From community to community practice: The place of disability.- Chapter 4:  Adopting three mind-shifts to accelerate community-based inclusive youth development.- Chapter 5: ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’: Community-Based Inclusive Development and Disability Studies.- Chapter 6: Disability-Inclusive Development: A Critical Reading.- Chapter 7:   Decolonising ‘special’ and inclusive education through community-based inclusive development.- Chapter 8: Neglected Tropical Diseases and Community Development.- Chapter 9: CBID workers on the ground: Key competencies.- Chapter 10: The role of Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs) in Community Based Inclusive Development (CBID) and the need to build alliances: practitioner perspectives.- Chapter 11: Why families matter: caregiving in CBID.- Chapter 12: A Disability Livelihoods Approach to Including Communities Meaningfully in Development.- Chapter 13: When Communities are Part of the Problem.