Sam Perlo?Freeman|Don J. Webber
Basic Needs, Government Debt and Economic Growth
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute|Auckland University of Technology
paper investigates relationships basic needs economic growth interactions output health nutrition education explicitly simultaneous find unidirectional relationship improving basic welfare contributes strongly labour productivity change clear reverse causation growth nutrition substantial differences patterns simultaneous interactions different income welfare levels strong selfreinforcing effects literacy debt service poverty making difficult poor countries rectify situation channelling resources towards improving health education nutrition could bring dramatic economic returns