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and to higher incomes.”6Proposal # 1. Education must now become an international public good.Unfortunately, the nature of public goods is such that it does not attractprivate investment if left to its own devices. Governmental intervention is a keymechanism for production of these goods. In the international arena there is no singleapex authority that can provide funding for creation of international public goods.Therefore it behoves upon the UN and its organs to‘employ international machineryfor the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples.”7Sophie?s Choice: Economy First?The sheer enormity of the decision choice gives the question and urgentconnotation. The Education For All- 2000 Assessment shows that of the more than800 million children less than six years of age, fewer than a third benefit from anyform of early childhood education, some 113 million children, 60 per cent of whomare girls, have nor access to primary schooling, and at least 880 million adults areilliterate, of whom the majority are women. 8Is this a foundation on which peace,tranquility and good order can prevail?The crux of the issue is that there is a need for a stratagem shift inrecognising education as a key ingredient of further human evolution, thelynchpin of the world security order and not just a domestic problem of thiscountry or that. This stratagem shift cannot occur quite so easily. How does oneconvince the world, riddled with poverty and social inequity, that education（Andby extension knowledge）and not economics is at the core of the process of humanevolution and sustainable development? How does one convince the rich tradingblocs that investing in universal education would be the best guarantor of their long966 Ibid., p. 15.7 Charter of the United Nations, p. 1.8 http://www.unesco.org/educaiton/efa/ed_for_all/dakfram_eng.shtml