Popular participation in planning for basic needs: Concepts, methods, and practices

The basic needs approach corresponds to a broader and more meaningful conceptualisation of development in terms of its emphasis on poverty alleviation and reduction in income and asset inequalities. It is precisely in this regard that the notion of popular participation takes on its full meaning, in terms of popular influence on decisions affecting human well-being and mass involvement in the mobilisation and channelling of resources into the production of needs-satisfying goods and services for the benefit of the vast majority of the population.