8 Conclusion
107. The post-2015 development framework
offers hope that disabled people will finally get the prominence
they deserve on the global development agenda. But this will only
be possible with sustained political pressure, and the UK's position
will only be credible if it leads by example in its own development
work. Disabled people experience some of the most extreme poverty
in the world, but—as the evidence to this inquiry has shown—there
are also realistic opportunities for donors to turn the situation
around. This, as one of our witnesses said, is "a powerful
combination of circumstances",[338]
and we cannot afford to miss it.
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