1. INTRODUCTION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

LISTS OF TABLES/FIGURES/BOXES

1.1 THE JOMTIEN CHALLENGE

1.2 HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT

1.3 RATIONALES FOR LITERACY AND DEVELOPMENT

2. STATUS AND TRENDS

2.1 CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS

2.2 THE CHANGING NATURE OF LITERACY ASSESSMENT

2.3 STATISTICAL TRENDS IN LITERACY WORLDWIDE

2.4 GENDER DIFFERENCES

2.5 RURAL AND URBAN DIFFERENCES

2.6 OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO LITERACY

2.7 ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPACT

3. DOMAINS OF INNOVATION

3.1 LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING

3.2 EMPOWERMENT AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

3.3 LEARNING, INSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS DESIGN

3.4 GENDER AND FAMILY

3.5 MULTI-SECTORAL ISSUES OF HEALTH, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE

3.6 POST-LITERACY AND INCOME-GENERATION

3.7 TECHNOLOGY AND DISTANCE EDUCATION

4. CAPACITY BUILDING, PROFESSIONALIZATION AND AGENCY SUPPORT

4.1 NATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING

4.2 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING

4.3 EXTERNAL AGENCY SUPPORT

5. CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE

6. CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

7. TABLES & FIGURES

TABLES & FIGURES (cont. 1)

TABLES & FIGURES (cont. 2)