the absolute minimum resources necessary for long-term physical well-being, usually in terms of consumption goods
2013, Sam Cole, Henry Lucas, Models, Planning and Basic Needs, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 43:
Who then should determine basic needs? The answer seems to be the following: “The unequivocal answer is that the people themselves should decide on the scope, content and priority of their own basic needs”.
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the absolute minimum resources necessary for long-term physical well-being