Literacy is one gateway to independence and escaping the poverty trap.
A New Zealander, Emeritus Professor Warwick Elley, takes to new countries New Zealand methods of combating illiteracy. At the end of 1994 Professor Warwick Elley retired from his university post at the University of Canterbury. He had spent years researching methods of improving literacy in New Zealand and overseas. His plan for his retirement was to work on literacy problems in the Third World. The statistics on literacy levels show increasing gaps between rich and poor countries, and Warwick has a number of ideas on how to bring about change.