What Factors Influence World Literacy? Is Africa Different?

What Factors Influence World Literacy? Is Africa Different?

Ninety-five percent of the world s illiterate people live in developing countries, and about 70 percent are women. Female illiteracy rates are particularly high in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Niger and Burkina Faso, for example, more than 90 percent of women are illiterate. This paper presents a model of...

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Main Author: Verner, Dorte
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADDITION
ADULT ILLITERACY
ADULT ILLITERACY RATE
ADULT LITERACY
ADULTS
CENTRAL AMERICA
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD NUTRITION
DROPPING OUT
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT RATES
FEMALE ILLITERACY
FORMAL EDUCATION
FUNCTIONAL LITERACY
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS
HEALTH STATUS
ILLITERACY RATE
ILLITERACY RATES
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LITERACY
LITERACY PROGRAMS
LITERACY TRAINING
MIDDLE EAST
MORTALITY
NORTH AFRICA
NUTRITION
PARENTS
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATES
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUPILS
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
READING
SCHOOL FACTORS
SCHOOL SYSTEMS
SCHOOLING
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
WRITING SKILLS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5604214/factors-influence-world-literacy-africa-different
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8891

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5604214/factors-influence-world-literacy-africa-different
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8891

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