An assault on poverty  basic human needs, science and technology  [electronic resource] 
Panel on Technology for Basic Needs of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development. 
 - [Ottawa, Ont., Canada]  [Geneva, Switzerland]  IDRC ;  UNCTAD  1997.  
 - 1 electronic text  html format. 
<br/><br/> Published on the International Development Research Centre website.   Title from Web page (IDRC, viewed Mar. 29, 2006).  
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references.  
<br/><br/>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 I mperatives, 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 
<br/><br/> 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 huma n development, technical and vocational education, health, and small-scale economic activities, among other issues. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0889368007 (paper) 9780889368002 (paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Basic needs--Developing countries.<br/>Poverty--Developing countries.<br/>Science--Economic aspects--Developing countries.<br/>Science--Social aspects--Developing countries.<br/>Technology--Economic aspects--Developing countries.<br/>Technology--Social aspects--Developing countries.