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.

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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)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-327).
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.
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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.
	Países subdesarrollados -- Pobreza.
	Países subdesarrollados -- Tecnología -- Aspectos económicos.
	Países subdesarrollaos -- Ciencia -- Aspectos económicos.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	International Development Research Centre (Canada)
	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Other Form:	Print version: United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development. Panel on Technology for Basic Needs. Assault on poverty. Ottawa : International Development Research Centre ; Geneva, Switzerland : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 1997 0889368007 (OCoLC)36510978
ISBN	1552500268 (electronic bk.)
	9781552500262 (electronic bk.)
	0889368007 (paper)
	9780889368002 (paper)

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.

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