Clark’s study of rural and urban people in Western Cape, South Africa (2000) asked respondents to specify the “most basic aspects of life (…) the bare essentials without which a person cannot cope or manage at all, and without which life is unbearable”. He then asked them to rate their importance, and establish locally appropriate thresholds by specifying how much a person would need to “just get by” and “live well”. Respondents identified jobs, housing, and education as the three most necessary, although they also mentioned the importance of having a good family, religion, health, good food, and happiness. This indicated that they “were aware of many of the better things in life but chose to emphasize their urgent needs” (ibid, p. 15). A study similar to the one of Clark was carried out in Nuevo Lugar in Lima (Guillen-Royo 2008) and 20 villages in rural Ethiopia (WeD-Ethiopia, unpublished) with comparable results, but slightly different priorities.