Explains nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and their role in addressing global literacy needs. Stresses the importance of coordinating literacy efforts of UNESCO, governments, and NGOs during the International Literacy Year (1990) and beyond. Notes the recently organized International Task Force on Literacy, a coalition of NGOs, funding…

Concepts of development and non-formal education that are needed for the Third World must be broader than a development based on economic growth; they must include not only distribution, but redistribution of existing wealth. Consequently, most new developmental strategies are concerned with placing priority on those groups which are the poorest.…