Accelerating the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Ghana: Literacy, the Missing Link

Autor/in	Tagoe, Michael Ayitey
Titel	Accelerating the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Ghana: Literacy, the Missing Link
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 30 (2011) 5, S.651-666 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
DOI	10.1080/02601370.2011.611906
Schlagwörter	Empowerment; Economic Progress; Poverty; Illiteracy; Foreign Countries; Poverty Programs; Social Indicators; Social Services; Performance Factors; Barriers; Position Papers; Strategic Planning; Rural Urban Differences; Socioeconomic Influences; Socioeconomic Background; Gender Differences; Individual Development; Educational Attainment; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Public Policy; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Armut; Analphabetismus; Ausland; Armenfürsorge; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Leistungsindikator; Positionspapier; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Sozioökonomische Lage; Geschlechterkonflikt; Individuelle Entwicklung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Öffentliche Ordnung
Abstract	The Millennium Development Goals launched in 2001 provide a worldwide agenda to reduce poverty by 2015. Though the eight goals provide synergies for the rapid reduction of poverty, the MDGs have come under criticism for being too narrow and sometimes leaving out critical aspects of human development and well-being. Although the MDGs address some of the most critical areas of human development, one relevant aspect of human development given low recognition is literacy. A critical examination of the MDGs reveals the centrality of literacy in the achievement of all the MDGs. The study which reviewed the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy document (GPRS I & II) shows that the little space given to literacy and the disparities in illiteracy rates between rural and urban areas, gender and socio-economic groups, may be factors responsible for the slow pace of achieving the MDGs. The study concludes that Ghana can only accelerate the pace of achieving the MDGs when greater attention is paid to the link between literacy and economic growth, education, health, gender equality and empowerment of women, and sanitation. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10