What Factors Influence World Literacy? Is Africa Different?

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dc.creatorVerner, Dorte
dc.date2012-06-22T21:46:26Z
dc.date2012-06-22T21:46:26Z
dc.date2005-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:03:37Z
dc.descriptionNinety-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 literacy. It shows that the main determinants of worldwide literacy are enrollment rates, average years of schooling of adults, and life expectancy at birth. Income has a weak nonlinear effect, negatively affecting literacy until a threshold level of per-capita income of about $2200 a year is reached and positively affecting literacy thereafter. Finally, African countries do not have a significantly higher literacy rate when controlling for other factors.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5604214/factors-influence-world-literacy-africa-different
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8891
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3496
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414833
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3496
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectADDITION
dc.subjectADULT ILLITERACY
dc.subjectADULT ILLITERACY RATE
dc.subjectADULT LITERACY
dc.subjectADULTS
dc.subjectCENTRAL AMERICA
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCHILD NUTRITION
dc.subjectDROPPING OUT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATE
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subjectFEMALE ILLITERACY
dc.subjectFORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL LITERACY
dc.subjectGROSS ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectGROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO
dc.subjectGROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS
dc.subjectHEALTH STATUS
dc.subjectILLITERACY RATE
dc.subjectILLITERACY RATES
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectLITERACY PROGRAMS
dc.subjectLITERACY TRAINING
dc.subjectMIDDLE EAST
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectNORTH AFRICA
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH RATES
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC EDUCATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subjectPUPILS
dc.subjectQUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectREADING
dc.subjectSCHOOL FACTORS
dc.subjectSCHOOL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectWRITING SKILLS
dc.titleWhat Factors Influence World Literacy? Is Africa Different?

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