A ‘Basic Needs’ Strategy for Development of Technology in Low Income Countries

Frank Long

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1978, vol. 37, issue 3, 261-270

Abstract: Abstract. 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.

Date: 1978
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