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Adult Education and Poverty Reduction

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Learning with Adults

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Whilst the links between education and poverty have long been understood (Oxaal, 1997), the policy link between adult education and poverty reduction is more fragile. For instance, adult education and lifelong learning have been cited as key to achieving international development targets (UNESCO-IL, 2009), yet adult education itself is not a development target and national poverty reduction papers rarely mention adult education in their strategies (Education International, 2003).

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  1. Professor of Adult Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

    Julia Preece

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  1. University of Malta, Malta

    Peter Mayo

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Preece, J. (2013). Adult Education and Poverty Reduction. In: Mayo, P. (eds) Learning with Adults. International Issues in Adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-335-5_24

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