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Author United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development. Panel on Technology for Basic Needs.

Title An assault on poverty : basic human needs, science and technology / Panel on Technology for Basic Needs, United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Published Ottawa : International Development Research Centre ; Geneva, Switzerland : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 327 pages)
Contents Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Science and Technology for Basic Needs: A Bridge; Chapter 2 Science and Technology for Development: An Overview; Introduction; Chapter 3 Policy Guidelines; Chapter 4 The Forgotten Strategy; Chapter 5 Old Imperatives, Fresh Approaches; Chapter 6 Sustainable Human Development in a Fractured Global Order; Chapter 7 Science for Sustainable Human Development, Technologies for Vital Rights; Chapter 8 Technology and Basic Needs in Ethiopia
Summary In An Assault on Poverty, the Panel on Technology for Basic Needs of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development offers analyses of poverty eradication and the role of science and technology with respect to sustainable human development, technical and vocational education, health, and small-scale economic activities, among other issues
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-327)
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Subject Basic needs -- Developing countries
Poverty -- Developing countries
Technology -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
Science -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
Technology -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
Science -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
Basic needs
Poverty
Science -- Economic aspects
Science -- Social aspects
Technology -- Economic aspects
Technology -- Social aspects
Aangepaste technologie.
Basisbehoeften.
Duurzame ontwikkeling.
Developing countries
Ontwikkelingslanden.
Form Electronic book
Author International Development Research Centre (Canada)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
ISBN 1552500268
9781552500262
0889368007
9780889368002