Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers In Ethiopia Challenges And Some Options (a Comparative Study)

Recent reports evidence the existence of subsTantial nllmber of children with disabilitiesrnacross the globe. the majority of which live in the developing world. Such children have beenrnmarginalized section of the society in all places mainly in socia-economic areas. During thernpcm fO llr decades there have been developmenls in Ihe recognition of such facls al Ihe UN,rnregional and nalional levels. Accordingly, variolls conventions and declarations aimed alrnp/'O/1/otion and proleclion of Ihetr righls. including Ihe 2006 Convenlion on Ihe Rights ofrnPersons wilh Disabilities are adopted. The Irealies provide for a range of socia-economicrnrights by mains/reaming their issues and deSigned various measures of implementation forrnefleclive realiZCilion of the rights. As a Stale Party to many oflhe trealies. this paper analysesrnthe issue of impleme/1lalion of socio-economic righls of children wilh disab ilities in Ethiopiarnby evaluafing the Ethiopian experience vis-a-vis international standards set under the ratifiedrntrealies. The core assertion of the paper is that even if Elhiopia has ratified many of therntrealies much has yet 10 be done to effectively realize socia-economic righls of children withrndisabilities in the country.

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