Basic Needs

The basic needs approach is one of the major approaches to the measurement of absolute poverty in developing countries. It attempts to define the absolute minimum resources necessary for long-term physical well-being, usually in terms of consumption goods. The poverty line is then defined as the amount of income required to satisfy those needs. The 'basic needs' approach was introduced by the International Labour Organization's World Employment Conference in 1976. "Perhaps the high point of the WEP was the World Employment Conference of 1976, which proposed the satisfaction of basic human needs as the overriding objective of national and international …

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OCUFA: Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations · 16 April 2024 English

However, the Bill is silent on the root causes of the student mental health crisis, hate and racism, and the affordability crisis in postsecondary education. [...] To effectively address student …

student debt levels, and the unaffordability of basic needs such as housing and food. Further, lowering class


CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 10 April 2024

After the Commission referred the complaint to the Tribunal, CSIS, the Complainant and the Commission settled the matter without a Tribunal hearing. [...] The Commission argued that the evidence supported …

housing has meant people have given up other basic needs in order to keep a roof over their heads. Already


Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick · 10 April 2024 English

I worked at a young age to support my studies, but in the middle of my studies I was forced to quit because my younger sister had to study. [...] …

second-hand store. This has helped to support my basic needs, certainly a feat to be proud of. Learning new


IRPP: Institut de recherche en politiques publiques · 9 April 2024 English

A report by the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (2023) noted that, between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the fourth quarter of 2022, the lowest-quintile households were not …

spend a larger proportion of their income on basic needs, are most affected by food and shelter inflation adequate and does it allow recipients to purchase basic needs? n Is the cost of the benefit reasonable and poverty. Both scenarios would improve access to basic needs for low-income households at a comparatively adequate and does it allow recipients to purchase basic needs? n Is the cost of the benefit reasonable and to go toward the purchase of food and other basic needs as opposed to luxury items. Further, research


IRPP: Institut de recherche en politiques publiques · 5 April 2024 English

52 The New Mobility Era: Leveraging Digital Technologies for More Equitable, Efficient and Effective Public Transportation Ata Khan and Ren Thomas IN BRIEF Digital technologies have the potential to enhance …

inequities. The index includes components such as basic needs, investment, ease of doing business, human capital


CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 28 March 2024 English

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the occasion of its consideration of Canada’s 5th-6th Periodic Reports Canadian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Committee on …

terms of education, employment and access to basic needs such as water, food security and housing. In


CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 28 March 2024 English

Submission to the Human Rights Committee in advance of the Committee’s development of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Canada’s 7th Periodic Review Canadian Human Rights Commission Submission …

terms of education, employment and access to basic needs such as water, food security and housing. In


CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 28 March 2024 English

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in advance of the Committee’s Development of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Canada’s 7th Periodic Review Human …

including in education, employment, and access to basic needs such as safe and clean water, healthcare, food


CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 27 March 2024 English

Land Acknowledgement The opinions and recommendations in this report, and any errors, are those of the author, The CCPA Manitoba publishes research on the and do not necessarily reflect the …

ransform Employment and Income Assistance into a Basic Needs Benefit to lift people out of poverty 4. Make “Transform Employment and Income Assistance into a Basic Needs Benefit”. The following section provides more replacing the basic needs portion of Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) with a new Basic Needs Benefit completes the transformation of EIA on the “basic needs” side of social assistance. The BNB would be households in Manitoba to meet their basic needs and replace the “basic needs” budget of those on assistance


CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 27 March 2024 English

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in advance of the Committee’s development of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Canada’s 10th Periodic Review …

terms of education, employment and access to basic needs such as safe and clean drinking water, food security


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