Question

Which of the following approaches to human development consider the provision of health, education, food, water, supply, sanitation and housing? 

A. income 

B. welfare 

C. capability 

D. basic needs

Answer 1

The correct option is (D) Basic needs

• The ILO report for the 1976 World Employment Conference defined basic needs in terms of food, clothing, housing, education, and public transportation.
• The ILO was founded in October 1919. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
• The current Director-General of ILO as of March 2021 is Guy Ryder.
• Employment was both a means and an end, and participation in decision-making was also included.
• This approach reversed conventional practice, which was to project a desirable annual rate of per capita economic growth into the future.
• The latter was a forward rolling approach while the basic needs approach achieved more precision by setting specific production targets and deriving the desirable rate of economic growth implied.
• The basic needs development strategy was also more practical than conventional strategies.