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Finance & Development, June 2005

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: The paper highlights that over the past century, access to education has increased enormously, illiteracy has fallen dramatically, and a higher proportion of people are completing primary, secondary, or tertiary education than ever before. But huge problems remain. About 115 million children of primary school age are not currently enrolled in school. Most are illiterate and live in absolute poverty—the majority female. Some 264 million children of secondary school age are not currently enrolled, and the quality of schooling is often low.

Source: Finance & development

DOI: 10.5089/9781451953954.022

Author: International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.

Language: English

Topic: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Subfield: Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities, No poverty

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: University of Oxford

OpenAlex ID: W4247729258