Responding to the Needs of People
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1994
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POLITICAL ECONOMY JOURNAL OF INDIA
Abstract
As the international community formulates goals and strategies for the 1990's, social policy reform based on human development is gaining wide-spread acceptance, an alternative to the economic adjustment policies that dominated the 1980's. Persistent poverty, the weak ethical base of a market philosophy of growth, altered roles of key development agents, and less international aid all highlight the urgency of changing how rich and poor countries meet social and human development needs.
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The text highlights the global challenges posed by extreme poverty, with billions of people lacking access to basic welfare needs like food, clean water, education, and healthcare. It stresses the urgency of revisiting past practices and adopting new approaches to social development, moving beyond traditional economic solutions that have failed to reduce inequality or improve living standards. The impact of these unmet social demands is seen in national and international security, environmental integrity, and the sharing of technological progress.
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Human Development, Globalization, Poverty and Hunger, ocial Safety Nets, Global development agenda
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Morales-Gomez, Daniel A. (1994). Responding to the Needs of People. Political Economy Journal OF India.