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Fundamental, adult, literacy and community education in the West Indies
Howes, Henry William - 1955
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Adult literacy programs in developing countries : while mostly missing their primary objectives, adult literacy programs can still improve key socio-economic outcomes
Blunch, Niels-Hugo - 2017
In addition to the traditional education system targeting children and youth, one potentially important vehicle to improve literacy and numeracy skills is adult literacy programs (ALPs). In many developing countries, however, these programs do not seem to achieve these hoped for, ex ante,...
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The role of school life expectancy and urbanization on adult literacy rates in sub-Saharan Africa
Okpala, Amon O.; Okpala, Comfort - In: International business and economics research journal 13 (2014) 2, pp. 329-333
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Is the ideal of universal adult literacy in the world by the year 2030 statistically attainable?
Wolhuter, Charl; Barbieri, Nicola - In: Rivista internazionale di scienze sociali 125 (2017) 1, pp. 87-102
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Improving adult literacy without improving the literacy of adults? : a cross-national cohort analysis
Barakat, Bilal - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 87 (2016), pp. 242-257
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Education systems, education reforms, and adult skills in the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)
Liu, Huacong - 2018
This study uses the PIAAC data to examine the relationships between education system characteristics (e.g. early tracking and vocational education orientation) and distributions of adult numeracy skills. It also investigates the effects of postponing the tracking age and easing university access...
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Adults with low literacy and numeracy skills : A literature review on policy intervention
Windisch, Hendrickje Catriona - 2015
Identifying effective policy interventions for adults with low literacy and numeracy skills has become increasingly … important. The PIAAC Survey of Adult Skills has revealed that a considerable number of adults in OECD countries possess only … limited literacy and numeracy skills, and governments now recognise the need to up-skill low-skilled adults in order to …
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MOBRAL : the Brazilian adult literacy experiment
1975
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Information technology, inequality and adult literacy in developing countries
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Rahman, Mushfiqur - 2023
The study assesses linkages between information technology, inequality and adult literacy in 57 developing countries for the period 2012-2016. Income inequality is measured with the Gini coefficient while six dynamics of information technology are taken on board, namely: use of virtual social...
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