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BNS LIBRARY
Links to the BNS guide
(EN) Guide 2.0 to the Modified Basic Necessities Survey
(ES) Guía 2.0 de la Encuesta modificada sobre necesidades básicas
(PT) Guia 2.0 de Levantamento de Necessidades Básicas
(FR) Guide 2.0 de l’Enquête sur les Nécessités de Base
Other BNS resources
Latest BNS power point presentation (Accessible to WCS Staff)
Budget template for BNS and NRGT
BNS brochure in english
BNS brochure in french
BNS brochure in spanish
BNS brochure in portuguese
Tracking Family Wellbeing Over Time Using the BNS: An Example from the Ituri Forest
BNS page on Rick Davies Website
Publications using BNS data from WCS
Large-scale monitoring in the DRC’s Ituri forest with the well-being index (May 2023)
Comparing forest product harvest rates and livelihood activities in the Congo Basin (October 2023)
BNS online training in English (May 2025)
BNS online training in French (October 2021)
Jess L’Roe of Middlebury College, an overview of monitoring with BNS at WCS sites in Congo
Henry Travers describes the challenges of using BNS to measure the success of Ibis Rice in Cambodia
Jennifer O’Leary WCS Marine - BNS in in Kenya and Tanzania - how communities prioritized items