Gustafsson 1991

Gustafsson, Uwe. 1991.Can literacy lead to development? A case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics; University of Texas at Arlington. 146 pages. 0883128047. (Review byJackson, C. 1991.) Location: Dallas SIL Library 374.012 G982. Interest level: general.

Describes a literacy and development project implemented in the Adiwasi Oriya and Telugu languages in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The following major divisions describe the

• background of the project
• Adiwasi adult literacy and education program
• outcome and impact of the project during the period 1984--1987, and
• plans for the future, especially as relating to partial self-management and self-support.

Evaluators uphold the project as a model of excellence for

• linguists
• literacy planners, and
• workers.

• Bibliography module: Gustafsson 1991
• In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): G
• In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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