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“If money is your hope forindependence you will neverhave it. The only real securitythat a man will have in thisworld is a reserve of knowledge,experience, and ability.”Henry Ford, Ford Motor CompanyEducation& trainingThe global viewKnowledge is a primary driver ofeconomic development and humanprogress. It is key to povertyeradication, improved health,economic growth and sustainabledevelopment. Education and trainingincludes primary and secondaryschooling, as well as higher-levelinstruction, vocational and skillstraining, and capacity building.There is a positive correlation betweenthe literacy rate of a country andeconomic growth. Nations with highlyliterate populations tend to be the most economically developed, whereascountries with low numbers of literate people tend to lag behind in economicand human development (see Figure 7). Among the world’s industrializedcountries, Finland and Norway report 100% adult literacy rates, as comparedto 17.6% in Niger or 26.6% in Burkina Faso, two of the world’s least developedcountries. 12In large parts of the developing world illiteracy rates remain high with anestimated 771 million people, or 18% of the global population, aged 15 years ormore believed to be illiterate. 13 Illiteracy is particularly prevalent among women,the elderly, rural communities and members of the poorest households. WhileSouth Asia (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan) and China are home to more than halfof the illiterate adult population, sub-Saharan African countries have the largestshare of illiterate adults among their population, with illiteracy rates of 40% andmore (see Figure 8).Source: UNDP. Human Development Report 2006.Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older)10090807060504030201000 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000GDP per capita (PPP US $)Figure 7: Plot of national adult literacy ratesvs. GDP per capita12345Rates above 95%Rates between 80% and 95%Rates between 60% and 79%Rates between 40% and 59%Rates below 40%No dataMexicoHaitiCubaDominican RepublicBelize JamaicaDominicaHondurasGuatemalaSt. LuciaNicaraguaEl SalvadorBarbadosCosta RicaVenezuela Trinidad and TobagoPanamaColombiaSurinameEcuadorBosnia and HerzegovinaCroatiaSerbia and MontenegroSloveniaThe Former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaPeruChileBoliviaParaguayBrazilUruguayArgentinaEstoniaLatviaRussian FederationR.F.LithuaniaSlovakiaBelarusHungary Ukraine Rep. of Moldova Kazakhstan42 RomaniaMongolia1 3BulgariaArmeniaAlbania 5KyrgyzstanSpainAzerbaijanUzbekistanMaltaTurkeyTurkmenistan TajikistanGreece Cyprus SyrianTunisiaIslamicPalestinian A.T.Arab Rep.J. K.MoroccoChinaIsraelRep.of IranLibyanJordan KuwaitAlgeriaArabPakistanNepalEgyptCapeJamahiriyaSaudiUnitedBangladeshVerdeArabia Oman ArabIndiaMyanmarEmiratesLao People’sMauritaniaMali NigerDem. Rep.SenegalChadYemenQatarThailandPhilippinesBurkinaSudanBahrainCambodiaFasoViet NamNigeriaCentralEthiopiaSierra LeoneGhanaAfrican Rep.Sri LankaLiberiaCameroonMalaysiaBrunei DarussalamTogo BeninUgandaMaldivesCôte d’IvoireDemocraticSingaporeKenyaEquatorial Guinea CongoRepublic ofRwandathe CongoBurundi SeychellesIndonesiaUnited Rep.of TanzaniaComorosAngolaMalawiZambiaMozambiqueNamibia Zimbabwe MadagascarBotswanaMauritiusSouthSwazilandAfricaLesothoFigure 8: Adult literacy rates around the world (% of total population, 2000-2004)PapuaNew GuineaVanuatuSamoaFijiTongaSource: UNESCO. EFA Global Monitoring Report 2006.12
Societal needsEducation is a key factor inempowering the poorest people toimprove their socio-economic situation.Equally, education plays an importantrole in gender equality andstrengthening the social and economicsituation of girls and women. There is aproven correlation between maternaleducation and child survival rates; andeducated mothers are more likely toeducate their children.Numbers (in millions)50454035302520151050East Asia &Pacific20002005Europe &Central AsiaLatin America& CaribbeanMiddle East& NorthAfricaSouth Asiasub -SaharanAfricaSource: World Bank. EdStats.Since the adoption of the MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDG), East Asiaand the Pacific have reached theirtarget of ensuring that all childrencomplete a full course of primaryeducation, and Europe, Central Asiaand Latin America and the Caribbeanare on target. Despite progress inimproving overall education,inequalities in levels of access toeducation persist throughout theglobe. Some 18%, or one in five, of allFigure 9: Number of children out of schoolchildren of primary school age are stillnot in school, mostly in sub-SaharanAfrica and in South Asia (see Figure 9).Gender and rural-urban discrepanciesin access to education are marked.Across the developing world, it isestimated that 82% of children not inschool are in rural areas. Some 30% ofrural children of primary school age donot attend school compared to 18% inurban areas. 14 Even when children areenrolled in school, many fail to attend.In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, 19countries have primary schoolcompletion rates of 50% or less. 15The figures for children enrolled insecondary and tertiary education,although increasing, are still very low,particularly in sub-Saharan Africa andSouth Asia (see Figures 10 and 11).Source: World Bank. EdStats.Gross enrollment ratio (%)1009080706050403020100East Asia & PacificMiddle East & North AfricaLatin America & CaribbeanSouth AsiaEurope & Central AsiaSub -Saharan Africa2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005Figure 10: Secondary enrollment rates across the worldSource: World Bank. EdStats.Gross enrollment ratio (%)1009080706050403020100East Asia & PacificMiddle East & North AfricaLatin America & CaribbeanSouth AsiaEurope & Central AsiaSub-Saharan Africa2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005Figure 11: Tertiary enrollment rates across the world13
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