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Corporate 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.

Publication Info. 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)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Basic needs -- Developing countries.
Basic needs.
Developing countries.
Poverty -- Developing countries.
Poverty.
Technology -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
Technology -- Economic aspects.
Science -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
Science -- Economic aspects.
Science.
Technology -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.
Technology -- Social aspects.
Science -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.
Science -- Social aspects.
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 book)
9781552500262 (electronic book)
0889368007 (paper)
9780889368002 (paper)