The Search for a Basic-Needs Yardstick

Norman Hicks and Paul Streeten

Chapter 21 in Development Perspectives, 1981, pp 374-397 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In order to implement a basic-needs approach, a system of monitoring the satisfaction of basic human needs is needed. The development of economic indicators has reached a high degree of sophistication, but that of the human and social indicators required for a basic-needs approach is still primitive.

Keywords: Life Expectancy; Infant Mortality; Income Distribution; Poverty Line; Composite Index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-05341-4_21

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9781349053414

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05341-4_21

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().