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Introduction and summary -- 1. Why basic needs? -- 2. The feasibility of implementation -- 3. The search for a suitable yardstick -- 4. Basic needs and growth: is there a conflict? -- 5. Lessons form country experience -- 6. Lessons form sector experience -- 7. What have we learned? -- 8. The role of the international community -- Appendix: basic needs and human rights -- Bibliography.

In this book the author answers critics of the basic needs approach to economic development. Based on the actual experience of various countries, the book distills World Bank studies of the operational implications of meeting basic needs. The author explores the feasibility of implementing such an approach as well as ways of measuring performance. Also discussed are the presumed conflict between economic growth and basic needs, the relation between the New International Economic Order and basic needs, and the relation between human rights and basic needs.