A Floor to Poverty: Essential Public Services

The provision of essential public services is an important element in an overall strategy designed to enable everyone to meet their basic needs, enjoy a minimum standard of living, and possess the health, nutrition and education necessary to lead a full and productive life. Experience has shown that even in countries with a low level of per capita income it is possible to provide public services to all the people of a standard sufficiently high to make a significant impact on the quality of their lives. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.