CARIBBEAN: 'Education for All' Goal Eludes Regional Governments. March 2000

Almost 10 years after the world set itself a year 2000 goal of Education for All -- EFA, to United Nations technocrats -- the target appears as elusive as ever with developing countries almost routinely failing to meet targets. Education budgets are down, infrastructural works are badly needed and, throughout regions like Latin America and the Caribbean, there are concerns about high levels of functional illiteracy and the ripple effects of unemployment and poverty.