Paul Streeten looks at how UN agencies and other international and regional organizations could become more responsive to the demands and needs of the global civil society. He suggests that with the end of the Cold War there could now be a more creative adaptation to the new power constellations...

The paper distills the main lessons of recent country and sector work on basic-needs approaches to development. It argues that, drawing on this experience and adopting appropriate policies, the basic needs of the world's poor can be met in a shorter period of time, and with fewer resources-i.e....