Disability-inclusive Development for the Korea ODA: International Trends and Innovative Directions

Abstract

Generally, the people with disabilities have low voice in public discourses. The opportunities were lost to address various concerns of one billion of the world’s most marginalized citizens who are frequently neglected including the development of national and international policies and programs. The Republic of Korea was the second Asian country after Japan to become a member of the OECD/DAC as a donor country in 2010. This membership indicated that Korea needed to meet the expectations on the international standards of planning and implementing the ODA policies. This, moreover, indicated that Korea must not only make relevant contributions in terms of the ODA level, but also adopt the advanced ODA strategies to progress in implementing aid effectiveness. For this, the purpose of this study was to suggest political implications for developing disability-inclusive development for Korea’s ODA. To accomplish this study aims, the researcher investigated international literatures related to (1) the international standards and polices including disability and disability-inclusive development and (2) the international efforts, such as UN and other advanced donor countries, for the disability-inclusive development. The researcher also intensely analyzed (3) the AusAID disabilityinclusive development history, strategies, objectives and outcome indicators to draw conclusions about future directions for the Korea’s successful development achievements.