while potentially creating opportunities for growth in various parts of the
world, seems also to be passing by many people. Hallak (1998) distinguishes
between those who globalize, a small minority with access to knowledge,
information and capital, those who are globalized and those who are left out.
The latter have little "or no access to information, and knowledge, no
absorptive capacities as consumers, and no relevauce to production". Within
the global system, it seems that more and more people could become
permanently superfluous or irrelevant. Growth alone is not enough in the
fight against poverty. It is also necessary to act upon income distribution and
to investheavilyin human development, ofwhich educationis amajorcomponent.