Although policies in each country have some key differences, the dissertation found that they also had important similarities, notably that (i) welfare to work represents a choice between employment and poverty for people with disabilities; (ii) the implementation of welfare to work presents challenges to the human rights of people with disabilities; and (iii) welfare to work is focused on supply-side policies without consideration of demand-side factors that promote equality of opportunity. It is suggested that, in order for welfare to work to be more effective