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Manfred maxneef is a chileangerman economist noted for his pioneering work in human scale development and his threshold hypothesis on the relation of welfare to gdp, as well as other contributions, for which he received the right livelihood award in 1983. Development and selfreliance, manfred maxneef, isbn 094525735x antonio elizalde and martin hopenhayn 55. He defines the model as a taxonomy of human needs and a process by which communities can. Artur manfred max neef was a chilean economist of german descent. Manfred maxneef, an economist and environmentalist, developed his list of needs in the context of working for social development.
He was a professor of economics at the university of california, berkeley in the early 1960s. Manfred maxneef is a chileangerman economist in the field of international development. In addition to a long academic career, max neef achieved an impressive minority vote when he stood as candidate in the chilean presidential election of 1993. Foundations for a possible systematization 29 human scale development. Maxneef started his career as a professor of economics at the university of california, berkeley in the early 1960s. Economics unmasked center for the advancement of the. Manfred maxneef is a chilean economist who has gained an international reputation for his work and writing on development alternatives. The taxonomy of the fundamental human needs, and the ways in which these needs can be satisfied is developed by manfred maxneef.
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