As the year drew to a close, the World Bank staged a major conference on disability – in celebration of the United Nations 2004 International Day of Disabled Persons, on December 3. With the theme, Disability and Inclusive Development: Sharing, Learning and Building Alliances, the conference examined the work in the disability and development community over the past two years. The aim was to build upon its past work in order to further reduce global poverty for disabled people, who account for 10% of the global population and are among the poorest of the poor.