Adult education and jobs, or sustainable livelihoods?

This paper was presented at the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA V), organised by the UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE) in cooperation with UNEVOC and held in Hamburg, Germany, from 14-18 July 1997.

In this paper, the author investigates human resource development strategies for the future in the light of three major contradictions facing those engaged in creating jobs as a matter of policy. These are: that full-time employment does not sustain livelihood for many workers and hence reducing unemployment will not reduce poverty; improved labour market practices apply mainly to formal modern sector activity and the majority of the world's workforce exists outside the range of such policies; and continued economic growth to counteract unemployment is economically and environmentally unsustainable. The author discusses the concept of sustainable livelihoods, particularly for those in poverty and its implications for adult education systems, as an alternative to the traditional unilinear relationship between one person and one job.

The volume of collected papers is indexed at TD/INT 59.65.

This paper was presented at the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA V), organised by the UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE) in cooperation with UNEVOC and held in Hamburg, Germany, from 14-18 July 1997.

In this paper, the author investigates human resource development strategies for the future in the light of three major contradictions facing those engaged in creating jobs as a matter of policy. These are: that full-time employment does not sustain livelihood for many workers and hence reducing unemployment will not reduce poverty; improved labour market ...  [+] Show more