An Assault On Poverty

Assault on Poverty: Basic Human Needs, Science, and Technology

Does science and technology (S & T) truly have a part to play in meeting basic human needs? Can S & T help the world's communities secure adequate nutrition, health care, water, sanitary facilities, and access to education and information? The role of science and technology in development is certainly one of the most complex and delicate issues facing policymakers and development practitioners today. 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 S & T.

Rural development; Agricultural credit; Land reform; Education; Health.

Examines the economic underworld of migrant farm workers, the aged, minority groups, and other economically underprivileged groups.