Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tled20 Download by: [The University of British Columbia] Date: 16 January 2017, At: 13:36 International Journal of Lifelong Education ISSN: 0260-1370 (Print) 1464-519X (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tled20 Defining literacy and its consequences in the developing world PIERRE WALTER To cite this article: PIERRE WALTER (1999) Defining literacy and its consequences in the developing world, International Journal of Lifelong Education, 18:1, 31-48, DOI: 10.1080/026013799293937 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/026013799293937 Published online: 11 Nov 2010. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 309 View related articles Citing articles: 4 View citing articles