people and planet

Education helps people get access to justice systems: In 2011, in the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, 32% of those with primary education understood the judicial
system, compared with 77% with higher education.
PARTNERSHIPS
Aid is not being targeted to those most in need: Education aid received by
170 countries since 2003 has been associated less with need, and more with
trade interests.
Poor quality education can decrease tax compliance: Low literacy was associated
with reduced tax revenue in 123 countries between 1996 and 2010.
PROJECTIONS
On current trends, universal primary completion will be achieved in 2042, universal
lower secondary completion in 2059 and universal upper secondary completion in 2084.
Rich countries are not on course either: Even at the fastest rate of progress ever
seen in the region, 1 in 10 countries in Europe and Northern America would still not
achieve universal upper secondary completion by 2030.
Universalizing upper secondary completion for women in sub-Saharan Africa by
2030 would result in 300,000 to 350,000 fewer child deaths per year in 2050.
In low income countries, universalizing upper secondary completion by 2030 would
increase per capita income by 75% by 2050 and bring poverty elimination forward by
10 years.
Universal upper secondary completion by 2030 would prevent up to 50,000 disasterrelated
deaths per decade by 2040-2050.
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