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Peer reviewedFlores, Gloria Hernandez; Lankshear, Colin – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2000
Outlines the deep and complex challenge faced by Mexico in its quest for closer economic integration with so-called advanced economies. Discusses extensive poverty and illiteracy, and the systematic exclusion of many people from access to the very kinds of learning required by Mexico's economic project. Argues that extraordinary efforts and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
