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A ‘Basic Needs’ Strategy for Development of Technology in Low Income Countries.
Author(s) -
Long Frank
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1978.tb01228.x
Subject(s) - basic needs , production (economics) , consumption (sociology) , basic income , function (biology) , developing country , business , yield (engineering) , economics , computer science , economic growth , microeconomics , sociology , poverty , market economy , social science , materials science , evolutionary biology , metallurgy , biology
A bstract . The ‘ basic needs’ strategy in development planning calls for giving priority to meeting minimum human needs and providing certain essential public services. This investigations studies its relevancy for developing technology and change in low income countries. It advances the case for an operationally‐oriented basic needs concept for technology in such countries. It outlines a simplified planning model incorporating such a strategy. Eight equations are developed to yield an illustrative preliminary function showing the basic needs technology interacting with a structure of production, consumption and accumulation.