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A GLOBAL COMPACT ON LEARNING TAKING
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report was wr
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put in place the national education
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which are necessary but not suffici
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competencies, both cognitive and no
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hundreds of millions of young peopl
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Figure 1.1. Disparities Related to
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parity in enrollment may not be an
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need for their future lives and liv
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Specific actions to advance learnin
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oys, which are detailed in this cha
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planning and finance—working on i
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The first needed action is to encou
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