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All history — as well as current experience — points to the fact that it is man, not nature, who provides the primary resource, that the key factor of all economic development comes out of the mind of man. Suddenly, there is an outburst of daring, initiative, invention, constructive activity, not in one field alone, but in many fields all at once. No-one may be able to say where it came from in the first place; but we can see how it maintains, and even strengthens itself. (Schumacher, 1974, p. 64)
Resource — something to which one can turn for help or support to achieve one’s purpose. Resources — available assets. (Oxford Paperback Dictionary)
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Douglas, T. (1993). Resources. In: A Theory of Groupwork Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22601-6_4
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