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ERIC Number: EJ619424
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
Facing NAFTA: Literacy and Work in Mexico.
Flores, Gloria Hernandez; Lankshear, Colin
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v44 n3 p240-44 Nov 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 radical reform will be needed. (SR)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Illiteracy, Literacy, Poverty
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mexico; North American Free Trade Agreement