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Direct linkRoy, Menaka – Convergence, 2004
A statement that governments in the South Asia region are increasingly distancing themselves from adult literacy drew comment from some experts in education and health that it is "too sweeping" and should not be aired without adequate references and data to substantiate it. The arguments in support of the verities of adult literacy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education
Oxenham, John – Convergence, 2004
The World Bank is a body that declares its vision to be a world free of poverty. It has long recognised that poverty and illiteracy are closely correlated and that illiteracy is a hindrance to economic and social development. The 180 or so governments that own the Bank have declared literacy to be a human right, so the Bank itself presumably also…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Social Responsibility, Needs Assessment, Adult Literacy
